تعوَّدتُ الهَوَى والخيرُ عادهْ

تعوَّدتُ الهَوَى والخيرُ عادهْ

ولا سِيمَا لأَغيَدَ لا لِغَادَهْ

ولا سِيمَا لأَغيَدَ لا لِغَادَهْ

I have grown accustomed to love, and goodness is a habit,

I have become accustomed to passion and doing good,

especially for a graceful youth, not a graceful maiden.

Especially for Aghid who has no complaint or grudge.

ضَلالي في تعشُّقِه رشادٌ

ضَلالي في تعشُّقِه رشادٌ

وقَتْلي في محبَّته شهادَه

وقَتْلي في محبَّته شهادَه

My straying in my passion for him is right guidance,

My misguidance in loving him is integrity,

and my being slain in love for him is martyrdom.

And my death in loving him is martyrdom.

وإِنَّ العشقَ لو فَطِنُوا ذكاءٌ

وإِنَّ العشقَ لو فَطِنُوا ذكاءٌ

وتَرْكُ العشق لو فَطِنُوا بَلاَدَهْ

وتَرْكُ العشق لو فَطِنُوا بَلاَدَهْ

And indeed, passionate love—if they understood—is intelligence,

Truly, passion, if they were wise, is intelligence,

and abandoning passionate love—if they understood—is dullness.

And leaving passion, if they were wise, is perdition.

فنارُ القلبِ تخبرُ عن شهابٍ

فنارُ القلبِ تخبرُ عن شهابٍ

ودمعُ العين يَرْوي عن قتادَهْ

ودمعُ العين يَرْوي عن قتادَهْ

For the heart's fire tells of Shihab,

The fire in my heart tells of a flame,

and the eye's tears narrate from Qatadah.

And the tear in my eye narrates its own story.

وقالوا ما لِعَاذله هُوُوٌّ

وقالوا ما لِعَاذله هُوُوٌّ

فقلتُ ولا لهُ عنْدي هواده

فقلتُ ولا لهُ عنْدي هواده

And they said, "His reproacher has no love."

And they said, “What is with his disappointed one, distraction?”

So I said, "Nor have I any leniency for him."

So I said, “For me, he has no distraction.”

سأَخلعُ لا لَبِسْتُ له عِذَارِي

سأَخلعُ لا لَبِسْتُ له عِذَارِي

وأَقطعُ لا وَصلْتُ له القِلاَدَهْ

وأَقطعُ لا وَصلْتُ له القِلاَدَهْ

I shall cast off my bridle—may I never wear it for him!

I will take off what I wore for him, my adornment,

and sever the necklace—may I never fasten it for him!

And cut off what I connected for him, the necklaces.

وبي من لا أُريدُ سوى رضاهُ

وبي من لا أُريدُ سوى رضاهُ

ويا بُعْدَ المرادِ من الإِرَادَهْ

ويا بُعْدَ المرادِ من الإِرَادَهْ

And I am smitten with one whose approval alone I desire,

In me is none but the desire for His approval,

and oh, how far what is desired lies from desire!

Oh the distance between the purpose and the desire!

سعدت وليس لي حزمٌ وغيْري

سعدت وليس لي حزمٌ وغيْري

له حزمٌ وليس له سَعادَهْ

له حزمٌ وليس له سَعادَهْ

I have been fortunate, though I lack prudence, while another

I was happy while having no resolve, but another

has prudence, yet has no good fortune.

Has resolve while having no happiness.