قُل لهذا الحمامِ إن جَهِلَ الحبِّ

قُل لهذا الحمامِ إن جَهِلَ الحبِّ

أنا واقفٌ على عرفانِه

أنا واقفٌ على عرفانِه

Say to this dove, if he is ignorant of love:

Say to this dove who is ignorant of love

"I am well acquainted with it."

I know of his passion

لم تُصبهُ النّوى بفقدانِ خلِّ

لم تُصبهُ النّوى بفقدانِ خلِّ

فيُرى باكياً على فقدانِه

فيُرى باكياً على فقدانِه

Separation has not afflicted him with the loss of a dear friend,

The intention did not afflict him with the loss of a friend

so that he might be seen weeping over losing him.

So he cries for what he has lost

فَشدا في قضيبِ أيكٍ يُعلَي

فَشدا في قضيبِ أيكٍ يُعلَي

هِ ويُدنيهِ أرضَهُ من ليانِه

هِ ويُدنيهِ أرضَهُ من ليانِه

Then he sang upon a woodland bough that lifts

So he ties himself to a flexible stick and lifts himself

him and brings him near the ground below through its suppleness.

And brings his land near from its lowness

وكأنّ الرذاذَ فوق جناحي

وكأنّ الرذاذَ فوق جناحي

هِ جمانٌ يروقُ عند اقترانِه

هِ جمانٌ يروقُ عند اقترانِه

And it is as though the drizzle upon his two wings

And as if the spray above his wings

were pearls that delight the eye when joined together.

Is a cup that pleases when joined