إِلى الحَبيب الَّذي فا

إِلى الحَبيب الَّذي فا

ز غَيرُنا بِوِصالِه

ز غَيرُنا بِوِصالِه

To the beloved, union with whom—

To the beloved with whom

another than we has won;

others, not we, have won union,

وَلَم نَفُز مِنهُ إِلّا

وَلَم نَفُز مِنهُ إِلّا

بصدِّهِ وَدَلالِه

بصدِّهِ وَدَلالِه

while we have won from him nothing

while we have won from him nothing

but his rebuff and coy reserve;

but his rejection and his coyness,

وَمَن تَعلّمَ مِنهُ الص

وَمَن تَعلّمَ مِنهُ الص

صُدودَ طَيفُ خَيالِه

صُدودَ طَيفُ خَيالِه

and among those who learned aloofness from him was—

and from whom rejection was learned

the phantom of his image.

by the phantom of his image:

هَلّا تَجرِّب شَيئاً

هَلّا تَجرِّب شَيئاً

مِن الهَوى وَاِحتِمالِه

مِن الهَوى وَاِحتِمالِه

If only you would taste my misery

Why not try a little

born of passion and of bearing it;

of love and enduring it?

عَساكَ تَعرف ما قَد

عَساكَ تَعرف ما قَد

عَرَفتُ مِن أَهَواله

عَرَفتُ مِن أَهَواله

perhaps you would learn what I have

Perhaps you will know what

known of its terrors;

I have known of its terrors.

عَساكَ تسهد أَفدي

عَساكَ تسهد أَفدي

ك لَيلة مِن طِوالِه

ك لَيلة مِن طِوالِه

perhaps you would lie sleepless—may I ransom

Perhaps you will lie sleepless—may I be

you—for one of its long nights.

your ransom—for one of its long nights.

لَكن أَراكَ سَعيداً

لَكن أَراكَ سَعيداً

خَلِّ الشَقيَّ بِحالِهِ

خَلِّ الشَقيَّ بِحالِهِ

Yet I see you happy;

But I see you happy;

leave the wretched one alone in his plight.

leave the wretched one to himself.