يَا قَرِيرَ الْعَيْنِ بِالْوَسَنِ

يَا قَرِيرَ الْعَيْنِ بِالْوَسَنِ

مَا الَّذِي أَلْهَاكَ عَنْ شَجَنِي

مَا الَّذِي أَلْهَاكَ عَنْ شَجَنِي

O you whose eyes are at peace in slumber,

O gentle-eyed one with languid grace

What has distracted you from my sorrow?

What has made you neglect my yearning?

كَيْفَ لا تَرْثِي لِمُكتَئِبٍ

كَيْفَ لا تَرْثِي لِمُكتَئِبٍ

شَفَّهُ بَرْحٌ مِنَ الْحَزَنِ

شَفَّهُ بَرْحٌ مِنَ الْحَزَنِ

How can you not pity a despondent man,

Why do you not mourn a depressed one

Whom the torment of grief has wasted away?

Whose lips drip with sadness?

هَبْكَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ شَكَاةَ فَمِي

هَبْكَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ شَكَاةَ فَمِي

أَوَ لَمْ تُبْصِرْ ضَنَى بَدَنِي

أَوَ لَمْ تُبْصِرْ ضَنَى بَدَنِي

Suppose you did not hear my mouth's complaint;

Alas, you did not hear my mouth's complaint

And did you not see my body's wasting?

Or see the wasting of my body.

يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ مَنْ لِفَتىً

يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ مَنْ لِفَتىً

بِيَدِ الأَشْوَاقِ مُرْتَهَنِ

بِيَدِ الأَشْوَاقِ مُرْتَهَنِ

O servants of God, who will aid a youth

O servants of God, who will help a lad

Held captive in longing's hand?

Enslaved by passions and desires?

رَعَتِ الأَشْوَاقُ مُهْجَتَهُ

رَعَتِ الأَشْوَاقُ مُهْجَتَهُ

وَبَرَاهُ الْوَجْدُ فَهْوَ ضِنِي

وَبَرَاهُ الْوَجْدُ فَهْوَ ضِنِي

Longings have grazed upon his heart,

Yearning has fed on his essence

And yearning has worn him down, leaving him wasted.

And anguish has consumed him, so he pines.

آهِ مِنْ ظَبْيٍ خَلَعْتُ بِهِ

آهِ مِنْ ظَبْيٍ خَلَعْتُ بِهِ

فِي مَيَادِينِ الْهَوَى رَسَنِي

فِي مَيَادِينِ الْهَوَى رَسَنِي

Ah, for a gazelle for whose sake I cast off

Ah, for a gazelle I hunted down

My halter in the arenas of love!

Who left me stranded in love's plains.

سَاحِرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مَا بَرِحَتْ

سَاحِرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مَا بَرِحَتْ

لَحْظَتَاهُ مَصْدَرَ الْفِتَنِ

لَحْظَتَاهُ مَصْدَرَ الْفِتَنِ

Bewitching-eyed—never have

Sorcerer of eyes, your glances never

His two glances ceased to be a source of temptation.

Faltered from being sources of temptation.

سَلَكَتْ بَعْضُ الْوُشَاةِ بِهِ

سَلَكَتْ بَعْضُ الْوُشَاةِ بِهِ

مِنْ نَمِيمِ الْغَيِّ فِي سَنَنِ

مِنْ نَمِيمِ الْغَيِّ فِي سَنَنِ

Some tale-bearers led him

Some tale-bearers have taken him

Along a path of malicious gossip.

And whispered malicious rumors in his ear,

صَرَفُوهُ عَنْ طَبِيعَتِهِ

صَرَفُوهُ عَنْ طَبِيعَتِهِ

وَعِنَانُ الْقَلْبِ فِي الأُذُنِ

وَعِنَانُ الْقَلْبِ فِي الأُذُنِ

They turned him away from his nature,

Turning him from his true nature

And the heart's rein lies in the ear.

While his heart's reins are in his ear.

وَقَرِينُ السُّوءِ مَجْلَبَةٌ

وَقَرِينُ السُّوءِ مَجْلَبَةٌ

لِدَواعِي الْهَمِّ وَالْمِحَنِ

لِدَواعِي الْهَمِّ وَالْمِحَنِ

And an evil companion brings on

An evil companion is one who conjures

Causes of worry and affliction.

Reasons for anxiety and tribulation.

فَاتْرُكِ الدُّنْيَا فَلَسْتَ تَرَى

فَاتْرُكِ الدُّنْيَا فَلَسْتَ تَرَى

صَاحِباً إِلَّا عَلَى دَخَنِ

صَاحِباً إِلَّا عَلَى دَخَنِ

So leave the world, for you will not find

So leave this world, for you will not find

A companion without some hidden taint.

A friend save one enshrouded in smoke.

مَنْ جَرَى فِي غَيْرِ حَلْبَتِهِ

مَنْ جَرَى فِي غَيْرِ حَلْبَتِهِ

كَانَ مَوْقُوفَاً عَلَى الظِّنَنِ

كَانَ مَوْقُوفَاً عَلَى الظِّنَنِ

Whoever runs on a racecourse not his own

He who flowed beyond his banks

Will be subject to suspicion.

Was left suspended in suspicions.