فيك جبت السهول طولا وعرضا

فيك جبت السهول طولا وعرضا

واعتسفت الحزون كبواً ونهضا

واعتسفت الحزون كبواً ونهضا

For you I traversed the plains, lengthwise and breadthwise,

In you I found the plains, long and wide

And forced my way over rugged ground, stumbling and rising.

And saddened the grieved, much and some

كم اجاري جواك حثاً وريثا

كم اجاري جواك حثاً وريثا

واداري هواك وثبا وربضا

واداري هواك وثبا وربضا

How often I keep pace with your passion, in haste and slowly,

How much did I run within you, spurring and inheriting

And humor your desire, leaping up and crouching.

And circling your love, leaping and crouching

لي وللحب فيك بسطٌ وقبض

لي وللحب فيك بسطٌ وقبض

لست اقوى عليك بسطاً وقبضا

لست اقوى عليك بسطاً وقبضا

Love and I find in you release and constraint;

For me and for love in you is giving and withholding

I cannot withstand you, in release or constraint.

I cannot withstand your giving and withholding

ايُّ دمع عليك قد فاض سحّاً

ايُّ دمع عليك قد فاض سحّاً

وضمير اليك بالوجد افضى

وضمير اليك بالوجد افضى

What tears have poured in torrents for you,

What tear has overflowed weeping over you

And what a heart has laid its yearning bare to you!

And my conscience to you with passion poured out

اسفي اوامصُّ ريقك مصّاً

اسفي اوامصُّ ريقك مصّاً

تلفي او اعض خدك عضا

تلفي او اعض خدك عضا

My sorrow—or shall I suck your saliva?

Shall I gather or wipe your flowing tears

My ruin—or shall I bite your cheek?

Kiss or bite your cheek, a bite

لا تملّ الشفاه ذكرك وردا

لا تملّ الشفاه ذكرك وردا

او يمل الضمير ذكرك فرضا

او يمل الضمير ذكرك فرضا

The lips never tire of mentioning you as their litany,

Do not tire lips of mentioning you, ever

Nor does the heart tire of remembering you as its obligation.

Or tire the conscience of remembering you, duty

اتراني يطيق قلبيَ صبراً

اتراني يطيق قلبيَ صبراً

عنك او ان تذوق عيني غمضا

عنك او ان تذوق عيني غمضا

Do you think my heart can bear being patient

Can my heart endure patience

Without you, or that my eye can taste sleep?

From you or my eyes taste closing

قتلتني اللحاظ منك مراضاً

قتلتني اللحاظ منك مراضاً

ما عهدت اللحاظ تقتل مرضى

ما عهدت اللحاظ تقتل مرضى

Your glances have killed me, though sickly;

Your glances killed me, sickening

I never knew glances could kill while sick.

I never knew glances could kill the sick

فشم السيف وانتضِ اللحظ احوى

فشم السيف وانتضِ اللحظ احوى

فهو السيف من لحاظك ينضى

فهو السيف من لحاظك ينضى

So sheathe the sword and draw your dark glance,

So bare the sword and ready the glance, I yearn

For it is the sword unsheathed from your glances.

For it is the sword from your glance that is bared

بي حبيباً لم يرض الا بسخطي

بي حبيباً لم يرض الا بسخطي

ليته اسخط المحبَّ وارضى

ليته اسخط المحبَّ وارضى

I would ransom with myself a beloved pleased only by my displeasure;

In me a lover who was not pleased but with my discontent

Would that he angered the lover—and brought contentment.

If only he would displease the lover and satisfy

ما على الشيخ سبَّة بعد ما قد

ما على الشيخ سبَّة بعد ما قد

اسرع العمر للمنية ركضا

اسرع العمر للمنية ركضا

No disgrace rests upon the old man, now that

No disgrace remains on the old man after

Life has hurried, running toward death.

Life has rushed to death, racing

قنَّع الشيب رأسه ببياض

قنَّع الشيب رأسه ببياض

هو في الرأس من شبا العضب امضى

هو في الرأس من شبا العضب امضى

Gray hair has veiled his head in whiteness;

Old age satisfied its head with whiteness

It is sharper upon his head than the edge of a keen sword.

It in the head is whiter than white branches

اتراني معوضا عن بياضٍ

اتراني معوضا عن بياضٍ

يققٍ بثَّ في المفارق وعظا

يققٍ بثَّ في المفارق وعظا

Do you think I shall be compensated for a whiteness

Do you see me compensated for whiteness

Utterly pure, that has spread admonition through my hair's partings?

That weeps having threaded the parting, preaching