يا غريبَ الحُسْن ما أَغ

يا غريبَ الحُسْن ما أَغ

ناك عن ظُلْم الحبيبِ

ناك عن ظُلْم الحبيبِ

O peerless beauty, how little need you have—

O you of rare beauty, how little need you have

—to wrong your lover!

to wrong your lover!

أترى الإفراطَ في

أترى الإفراطَ في

حُبّك أضحى مِن ذُنوبي

حُبّك أضحى مِن ذُنوبي

Do you think that excess—

Do you think that excess in

—in loving you has become one of my sins?

loving you has become one of my sins?

حلّ بي من حُبّك الخطْ

حلّ بي من حُبّك الخطْ

بُ الّذي لا كالخُطُوبِ

بُ الّذي لا كالخُطُوبِ

Through loving you, there befell me a calamity—

Through loving you, a calamity has befallen me,

—unlike all other calamities.

one unlike other calamities.

وَعَجيبٌ أَن ترى فِع

وَعَجيبٌ أَن ترى فِع

لَكَ بي غَير عَجيبِ

لَكَ بي غَير عَجيبِ

What amazes me is that you should deem—

And it is strange that you should find

—your treatment of me nothing strange.

nothing strange in your treatment of me.

لا تُغالطْني فما تخْ

لا تُغالطْني فما تخْ

فَى أَماراتُ المُريبِ

فَى أَماراتُ المُريبِ

Do not deceive me: the signs cannot—

Do not try to fool me, for there is no hiding

—be hidden in one who gives cause for suspicion.

the signs of one who arouses suspicion.

أين ذاك البِشْرُ يا مو

أين ذاك البِشْرُ يا مو

لايَ من هذا القُطوبِ

لايَ من هذا القُطوبِ

Where is that former cheerfulness, O you—

Where is that cheerfulness, O my

—who never cease from this frowning?

lord, beside this scowl?

يا هلالاً يُلْبس الأَر

يا هلالاً يُلْبس الأَر

ض نقاباً من شُحُوبِ

ض نقاباً من شُحُوبِ

O crescent moon who clothes the earth—

O crescent moon that clothes the earth

—in a veil of pallor,

in a veil of pallor!

ما بدا إِلّا وَنادى

ما بدا إِلّا وَنادى

وجهُهُ يا شمسُ غِيبي

وجهُهُ يا شمسُ غِيبي

no sooner does he appear than his face cries:

No sooner does he appear than

“O sun, vanish!”

his face cries: 'O sun, disappear!'

أيُّها الظّبيُ الذي مَرْ

أيُّها الظّبيُ الذي مَرْ

تعُهُ أَرض القلوبِ

تعُهُ أَرض القلوبِ

O gazelle whose grazing-ground—

O gazelle whose grazing ground

—is the land of hearts,

is the land of hearts,

والّذي قد قادني الحَيْ

والّذي قد قادني الحَيْ

نُ له قوْدَ الحبيبِ

نُ له قوْدَ الحبيبِ

to whom doom has driven me—

and you to whom I have been led

—as a beloved leads his lover:

by doom, as a lover is led:

سَقمي مِن سَقمِ جَفْ

سَقمي مِن سَقمِ جَفْ

نَيْكَ وفي فَيْئِك طِيبي

نَيْكَ وفي فَيْئِك طِيبي

my sickness comes from the languor of your eye—

My sickness comes from the languor of

—lids, while in your shade lies my healing.

your eyelids; in your shade lies my healing.

وَسَنا وجهك مص

وَسَنا وجهك مص

باحي وأنفاسُك طيبي

باحي وأنفاسُك طيبي

The radiance of your face is my—

And the radiance of your face is my

—lamp, and your breaths my perfume.

lamp, and your breaths are my perfume.

أنا خيرُ الناسِ إِذ

أنا خيرُ الناسِ إِذ

كنت منَ الناسِ نَصيبي

كنت منَ الناسِ نَصيبي

I am the happiest of all people, since—

I am the most fortunate of people, since

—you, of all people, became my allotted share.

you, of all people, are my portion.

عَشِقوا قَبلي وَل

عَشِقوا قَبلي وَل

كنْ ما أحبُّوا كحبيبي

كنْ ما أحبُّوا كحبيبي

Others loved before me, but—

They fell in love before me, and yet

—never did they love one like my beloved.

they never loved one like my beloved.

بِأَبي بَرد ثَناياك

بِأَبي بَرد ثَناياك

وإن أذكَى لهيبي

وإن أذكَى لهيبي

My father be ransom for the coolness of your teeth,

May my father be ransom for your front teeth's coolness,

though it has kindled my blaze.

even though it kindles my flame.

لا بلاكَ اللهُ إن أُض

لا بلاكَ اللهُ إن أُض

نِيتَ يوماً بالّذي بي

نِيتَ يوماً بالّذي بي

May God never afflict you, even if—

May God never afflict you, should you

—one day you are worn away by what afflicts me.

one day be wasted away by what ails me.