باللهِ يا بدرَ السما هل درى

باللهِ يا بدرَ السما هل درى

أخوكَ أني في غمارِ المنونْ

أخوكَ أني في غمارِ المنونْ

By God, O moon of heaven—does he know,

By God, O full moon of heaven, has he learned—

your brother, that I am engulfed by death?

your brother—that I am in the depths of death?

يقتلني الشوقُ وهذا النَّوى

يقتلني الشوقُ وهذا النَّوى

وذلكَ السحرُ وتلكَ العيون

وذلكَ السحرُ وتلكَ العيون

Longing kills me, and so does this distance,

Longing kills me, and this separation,

and that enchantment, and those eyes.

and that enchantment, and those eyes.

أحْسِبُني كسرى لتيهي بهِ

أحْسِبُني كسرى لتيهي بهِ

لو لم أكن أبطنتُ ما يعبدونْ

لو لم أكن أبطنتُ ما يعبدونْ

I count myself Khosrow, so proud am I of him—

I would deem myself Kisra, for my pride in him,

were it not that I have hidden what they worship.

had I not harbored within me what they worship.

وما أرى الدنيا سوى دولتي

وما أرى الدنيا سوى دولتي

ومن فنونِ الحبِّ هذا الجنونْ

ومن فنونِ الحبِّ هذا الجنونْ

I see the world as nothing but my kingdom,

And I see the world as nothing but my kingdom;

and this madness is one of love’s many arts.

and among love's arts is this madness.

يا بدرُ بلغهُ سلامي وقفْ

يا بدرُ بلغهُ سلامي وقفْ

واشرحَ لهُ ما أحدثَ العاذلونْ

واشرحَ لهُ ما أحدثَ العاذلونْ

O moon, bear him my greetings; stand awhile,

O full moon, convey my greeting to him, and pause;

and explain to him what the reproachers have wrought.

and explain to him what the reproachers have wrought.

سبحانَ من صورهُ فتنةً

سبحانَ من صورهُ فتنةً

يعذبُ الناسَ ولا يغضبونْ

يعذبُ الناسَ ولا يغضبونْ

Glory be to Him who fashioned him as a temptation:

Glory be to the One who fashioned him as a temptation:

he torments the people, yet they do not grow angry.

he torments people, yet they do not grow angry.