فؤادي قد أغواه من بعد رشده

فؤادي قد أغواه من بعد رشده

مليح سبى قلبي بنضرة خده

مليح سبى قلبي بنضرة خده

My heart, once rightly guided, has been led astray

My heart which after sanity he misled

By a beauty who captured my heart with his cheek's freshness.

A beautiful one captured my heart with his cheek's radiance

تذللت بعد العز من أجل حبه

تذللت بعد العز من أجل حبه

وأوحشت بعد الأنس من اجل بعده

وأوحشت بعد الأنس من اجل بعده

Once proud, I abased myself for love of him,

I humbled myself after dignity for the sake of his love

And after companionship, I grew desolate because of his absence.

And I deserted after intimacy because of his distance

تيقنت أني في الهوى اعدم البقا

تيقنت أني في الهوى اعدم البقا

إذا لم يجد يوماً بإنجاز وعده

إذا لم يجد يوماً بإنجاز وعده

I know for certain that I shall not survive in love,

I realized that in passion I missed permanence

If he does not one day graciously fulfill his promise.

If one day he doesn't fulfill his promise

جروحي به عادت كما كان في الصبا

جروحي به عادت كما كان في الصبا

وفرط غرامي طاف عن حد حده

وفرط غرامي طاف عن حد حده

My wounds from him have returned as they were in youth,

My wounds with him returned as they were in my prime

And my excessive passion has wandered beyond its furthest bound.

And my fervent love transcended its extent

بروحي افدي من لها غاية المنى

بروحي افدي من لها غاية المنى

وهل من عزيزٍ غير روحي فافده

وهل من عزيزٍ غير روحي فافده

With my soul I would ransom him who is its utmost desire;

With my soul I ransom the one who has the utmost purpose

And is there anything precious besides my soul with which to ransom him?

Is there anyone more precious than my soul that I ransom

إلى الله من قلبٍ إليه اشتياقه

إلى الله من قلبٍ إليه اشتياقه

ومن مهجةٍ ذابت على نار صده

ومن مهجةٍ ذابت على نار صده

To God I complain of a heart whose longing is for him,

To God from a heart its longing to Him

And of a soul that has melted upon the fire of his rejection.

And from an infatuation that melted for the fire of his closeness

وحق الهوى لا حلت عن شغفي به

وحق الهوى لا حلت عن شغفي به

وإني له ما دمت حياً كعبده

وإني له ما دمت حياً كعبده

And by love's sanctity, I shall never turn from my passion for him,

By the right of passion, my fervor for him hasn't diminished

And as long as I live, I am to him like his slave.

And I am forever his slave as long as I live

هو الحب يحتل الحشى باقتداره

هو الحب يحتل الحشى باقتداره

ومن ذا الذي فيه اقتدار لصده

ومن ذا الذي فيه اقتدار لصده

It is love that takes possession of the heart by its power,

It is the love that occupies the chests with its power

And who has the power within him to repel it?

And who has the power to prevent it

رضيت بما يرضاه من قد هويته

رضيت بما يرضاه من قد هويته

لعله يرضى صادقاً عن موده

لعله يرضى صادقاً عن موده

I am content with what pleases the one I have loved,

I accepted what he accepts, the one I loved

Hoping he may be sincerely pleased with his devoted lover.

Perhaps he accepts sincerely my affection

سبى قلبي الولهان يوسف حسنه

سبى قلبي الولهان يوسف حسنه

فمن لي بقلبٍ غيره أو برده

فمن لي بقلبٍ غيره أو برده

The Joseph of his beauty has captured my lovesick heart;

My delirious heart was captivated by the beauty of Yusuf

So who can give me another heart, or return this one to me?

So who do I have other than it or its consolation

فذلي لديه أصل عزي في الهوى

فذلي لديه أصل عزي في الهوى

واصل ثرائي باحتياجي لرفده

واصل ثرائي باحتياجي لرفده

My abasement before him is thus the source of my honor in love,

My origin of dignity in love is through him

And the source of my wealth is my need for his bounty.

And the origin of my wealth is through needing his help

بنفسي لوا نجد لمن سكن اللوى

بنفسي لوا نجد لمن سكن اللوى

لقد ذبت مذ فارقت جنات خلده

لقد ذبت مذ فارقت جنات خلده

My life for Najd's curving sands, for him who dwelt in those dunes!

By my soul, if glory was for who settled passion

Indeed, I have melted away since I left his gardens of eternity.

I would have melted since I left the gardens of immortality

وبي مضري أهيف القد مترف

وبي مضري أهيف القد مترف

يعير السنى المبدر من نور خده

يعير السنى المبدر من نور خده

And I am smitten with a Mudarite, slender of frame and pampered,

In me there is something that hurts my tall, well-off pride

Who lends the full moon radiance from the light of his cheek.

Criticizing the one who brings light from the light of his cheeks

مليح صحيح الحسن روض جماله

مليح صحيح الحسن روض جماله

أرق من الروض الندي وورده

أرق من الروض الندي وورده

A fair one, flawless in beauty, whose garden of loveliness

A beautiful one, perfect in beauty, a meadow of his perfection

Is more delicate than the dewy garden and its roses.

More comfortable than a meadow and its roses

علوم الرياضيات عن وحي طرفه

علوم الرياضيات عن وحي طرفه

وآيات أحكام الغرام بقده

وآيات أحكام الغرام بقده

The mathematical sciences spring from the inspiration of his glance,

The sciences of mathematics are from the inspiration of his glance

And the verses of love's laws are in his form.

And the signs of the judgments of love from his existence

كفى مانعاً عن وصله سور حسنه

كفى مانعاً عن وصله سور حسنه

والحاظه في الفتك عن فتك أسده

والحاظه في الفتك عن فتك أسده

The rampart of his beauty is enough to bar union with him,

The fence of his beauty suffices as a preventer

And his glances suffice for slaughter in place of his lions' assaults.

From the deadly blow of his lion-like audacity

شغفت به حباً على غير طائل

شغفت به حباً على غير طائل

لشقوة قلبي بالغرام وكده

لشقوة قلبي بالغرام وكده

I am consumed with love for him, to no avail,

I craved him with a fruitless love

Because of my heart's misery in passion and its toil.

To the misery of my heart from fervent love and its toil

وإني على جور الزمان وعدله

وإني على جور الزمان وعدله

كما شاء من أهواه في حفظ عهده

كما شاء من أهواه في حفظ عهده

And through time's tyranny and its justice, I remain

And I am upon the injustice of time and its justice

As the one I love wishes, faithful to his covenant.

However he wished, the one I loved, to keep his promise