غيري علي السلوان قادر — Ibrahim Jabari — Saqi

غيري علي السلوان قادر
وسواي في العشاق غادر
Others can find consolation,
and others among lovers are faithless.
لي في الغرام سريرة
واللَه أعلم بالسرائر
I hold a secret in my passion,
and God knows hidden secrets best.
ومشبه بالغصن قلبي
لا يزال عليه طائر
And one likened to a branch—my heart
never ceases to flutter above him.
حلو الحديث وانها
لحلاوة شقت مرائر
Sweet of speech—and indeed it
is a sweetness that has torn gallbladders apart.
اشكو وأشكر فعله
فاعجب لشاك منه شاكر
I complain of his deed and give thanks for it;
so marvel at one who complains of him yet is thankful.
لا تنكروا خفقان قلبي
والحبيب لدي حاضر
Do not find my heart's fluttering strange
while the beloved is here with me.
ما القلب إلا داره
ضربت له فيها البشائر
The heart is nothing but his dwelling;
there, celebratory drums were beaten for him.
يا تاركاً في حبه مثلا
من الأمثال سائر
O you who leave, in love for him, a proverb
current among proverbial sayings,
أبداً حديثي ليس بال
منسوح الا في الدفاتر
my tale is never
copied except in notebooks.
يا ليل مالك آخر
يرجي ولا للشوق آخر
O night, you have no end
to hope for, nor does longing have an end.
يا ليل طل يا شوق دم
اني على الحالين صابر
O night, lengthen; O longing, endure!
Indeed, I am patient in both states.
لي فيك اجر مجاهد
ان صح ان الليل كافر
In you I have a holy warrior's reward,
if it is true that night is an unbeliever.
طرفي وطرف النجم
فيك كلاهما ساه وساهر
My eye and the star's eye,
in you, both are heedless and wakeful.
يهنيك بدرك حاضر
يا ليت بدري كان حاضر
May you rejoice—your full moon is here;
O, if only my full moon were here!
حتى يبين لناظري
من منهما زاه وزاهر
So that it might become clear to my eye
which of the two is splendid and radiant.
بدري أرق محاسناً
والفرق مثل الصح ظاهر
My full moon is more delicate in beauty,
and the difference is plain as dawn.