يا من كتمت هواه خوف فراقه

يا من كتمت هواه خوف فراقه

جسمي به أودى السقام فراقه

جسمي به أودى السقام فراقه

O you whose love I concealed for fear of parting from you,

O you who concealed your love fearing its loss

separation from you has wasted my body with sickness.

My body was made ill by its loss

وارحم محبا في الغرام إليك قد

وارحم محبا في الغرام إليك قد

جذبته أيدي الشوق من أطواقه

جذبته أيدي الشوق من أطواقه

And pity a lover whom, in his passion for you,

Have mercy on a lover consumed with passion for you

the hands of longing have drawn by his collars.

Whom the hands of yearning have pulled from his chains

عن حاله أضحى يترجم دمعه

عن حاله أضحى يترجم دمعه

وبيت ما بلقاه من أشواقه

وبيت ما بلقاه من أشواقه

His tears have come to interpret his condition,

He communicates his state through his tears

and [reveal] what he endures from his longings.

And the home he never found due to his longings

قسما به لا ملت عنه سلوة

قسما به لا ملت عنه سلوة

ولئن لسوت فلست من عشّاقه

ولئن لسوت فلست من عشّاقه

I swear by him: I have never turned from him for solace;

I swear by it I'll never tire of it

and if I find solace, I am no lover of his.

And if I'm silent it's not due to my lack of passion

من لي به ساجي اللحاظ مهفهف

من لي به ساجي اللحاظ مهفهف

هاروت يروي السحر عن أحداقه

هاروت يروي السحر عن أحداقه

Who will bring me the slender one with languid eyes?

Who will be my night companion with roving glances

Harut recounts magic on the authority of his eyes.

A celestial pouring magic from his eyes

لم انس طيفا زارني منه وقد

لم انس طيفا زارني منه وقد

مد الظلام عليه ظل رواقه

مد الظلام عليه ظل رواقه

I have not forgotten a phantom of him that visited me, when

I've not forgotten a specter who visited me though

darkness had spread over him the shade of its canopy.

Darkness had cast its shadow down his corridor

وغدا يعاطيني كؤس حديثه

وغدا يعاطيني كؤس حديثه

ممووجة منه بطيب عناقه

ممووجة منه بطيب عناقه

And he began offering me cups of his conversation,

And in the morning he offers me a cup of his talk

mingled by him with the sweetness of his embrace.

Frothy from his sweet embrace

ثم انتبهت وفي فمي من ثغره

ثم انتبهت وفي فمي من ثغره

آثار طعم الراح من ارايقه

آثار طعم الراح من ارايقه

Then I awoke, and in my mouth, from his lips,

Then I awoke with traces of the scent of comfort

were traces of wine's taste, from his saliva.

Still on my mouth from his retreat

وعليه قد دلت شمائله كما

وعليه قد دلت شمائله كما

دلت محاسنه على اخلاقه

دلت محاسنه على اخلاقه

And his bearing has revealed him, just as

And his traits point to him as surely as

his beauty has revealed his character.

His beauty points to his morals