مِن أَينَ يا ريحَ الصَبا هَذا الشَذا

مِن أَينَ يا ريحَ الصَبا هَذا الشَذا

إِن كانَ من حَيِّ الحَبيبِ فحبَّذا

إِن كانَ من حَيِّ الحَبيبِ فحبَّذا

O east wind, where does this fragrance come from?

Where does this fragrance come from, oh breeze of the morning?

If it comes from the beloved's encampment, how delightful!

If it is from the dwellings of the beloved, how delightful!

باللَه هَل يمَّمتَ شَرقيَّ الحِمى

باللَه هَل يمَّمتَ شَرقيَّ الحِمى

ووردتَ مَنهَلَه المصون عن القَذى

ووردتَ مَنهَلَه المصون عن القَذى

By God, did you make for the eastern side of the sanctuary

By God, have you passed by her eastern abode

and reach its watering place, kept free of debris?

And stopped by her sheltered drinking place, safe from dust?

أَم هَل سحبتَ الذَيلَ بين أَراكِهِ

أَم هَل سحبتَ الذَيلَ بين أَراكِهِ

فأَخذتَ من تلك الشَمائِل مأخَذا

فأَخذتَ من تلك الشَمائِل مأخَذا

Or did you trail your hem among its arak trees

Or have you drawn out your train between her houses

and take a share of those graces?

And taken from those traits a way?

أَم هَل حَظيتَ بلثم مَسحب بُردِه

أَم هَل حَظيتَ بلثم مَسحب بُردِه

فكسبتَ من أَنفاسِه طيبَ الشَذا

فكسبتَ من أَنفاسِه طيبَ الشَذا

Or were you fortunate enough to kiss his mantle's trailing hem

Or have you been fortunate to kiss her veiled cheek

and gain from his breath the sweetness of fragrance?

And gained from her breath this fragrant scent?

وَبمُهجَتي إِن كانَ يَرضاه فِدىً

وَبمُهجَتي إِن كانَ يَرضاه فِدىً

رشأ على كُلِّ القُلوب اِستَحوَذا

رشأ على كُلِّ القُلوب اِستَحوَذا

And my lifeblood—if he accepts it—would be a ransom

And by my life, if that pleases her, it is my ransom -

for a young gazelle who has taken possession of every heart.

Revive through it all hearts she has conquered.

لَمّا رأَت منه المحيّا عُذَّلي

لَمّا رأَت منه المحيّا عُذَّلي

فدّاه كُلٌّ بالنُفوس وعوَّذا

فدّاه كُلٌّ بالنُفوس وعوَّذا

When my reproachers saw his face,

When her shy eyes saw him

each offered their life as his ransom and invoked protection for him.

All souls ransomed him and consecrated themselves to him.

وَغَدا يَقولُ مكلِّفي بسلوِّه

وَغَدا يَقولُ مكلِّفي بسلوِّه

ما كُنتُ أَحسَبُ من كُلِفتَ به كَذا

ما كُنتُ أَحسَبُ من كُلِفتَ به كَذا

And the one urging me to forget him began to say:

And tomorrow he will say to those charged with his night visit:

I never thought the one you were enamored of was like this!

I did not expect to be tasked with this.

لَمّا جلا ياقوتَ صفحةِ خَدِّه

لَمّا جلا ياقوتَ صفحةِ خَدِّه

أَبدى لنا من عارضَيه زُمرُّذا

أَبدى لنا من عارضَيه زُمرُّذا

When he unveiled his cheek's ruby surface,

When the ruby of his cheek appeared

he showed us emerald along both sides of his face.

He showed us from his cheeks a reddish tint.

وَرَمى القُلوبَ فكانَ سَهمُ لحاظِهِ

وَرَمى القُلوبَ فكانَ سَهمُ لحاظِهِ

أَمضى من السَهم المُصيب وأَنفَذا

أَمضى من السَهم المُصيب وأَنفَذا

And he shot at hearts; the arrow of his glances was

And he shot hearts, so the arrow of his glance

keener than an arrow that hits its mark, and more piercing.

Was more piercing than the arrow hitting its mark.

لَيتَ الَّذي أَورى بِقَلبي حُبَّه

لَيتَ الَّذي أَورى بِقَلبي حُبَّه

أَنجاه من نارِ الصُدود وأَنقَذا

أَنجاه من نارِ الصُدود وأَنقَذا

Would that the one who kindled love for him in my heart

Would that he who set my heart on fire with his love

would save it from rejection's fire and deliver it!

Save it from the hell of rejection and deliver it!

وَعلى جَفاهُ ما أَلَذَّ غَرامَهُ

وَعلى جَفاهُ ما أَلَذَّ غَرامَهُ

لَو كُنتُ أَسلمُ في هَواهُ من الأَذى

لَو كُنتُ أَسلمُ في هَواهُ من الأَذى

And despite his coldness, how sweet my passion for him would be,

And despite his aloofness, how sweet is his passion!

if I were safe from harm in loving him!

If only I could surrender to his love free of harm.

ظنَّ العذولُ بأن هَداني نصحُه

ظنَّ العذولُ بأن هَداني نصحُه

بعدَ الضَلال وما هدى لكن هَذى

بعدَ الضَلال وما هدى لكن هَذى

The reproacher thought his counsel had guided me

The censurers thought their advice guided me

after my straying; he had not guided me, but merely babbled.

After my misguidance, but it did not guide me, only led me astray.