ما لي إلى وصل الحبيب سبيل

ما لي إلى وصل الحبيب سبيل

وسواه ما لي في الملاح بديل

وسواه ما لي في الملاح بديل

I have no way to union with the beloved.

I have no way to reach my beloved,

And apart from him, I have no substitute among the beautiful.

And I have no alternative to him in my aspirations.

لم اسع في طلب الوصال الازلي

لم اسع في طلب الوصال الازلي

حظاً على عدم الوصال دليل

حظاً على عدم الوصال دليل

I did not strive to seek eternal union;

I did not hear in seeking the eternal union

A share of fortune—a sign of union's absence.

Any evidence for the lack of union.

فقد الوصال فقد قنعت بهمةٍ

فقد الوصال فقد قنعت بهمةٍ

فكأنما هو للوصال كفيل

فكأنما هو للوصال كفيل

Union was lost; so I contented myself with aspiration,

So I lost union, and I was content with ambition,

As though it were a guarantor of union.

As if it were guarantor of union.

ما صاب راي في اصابه مقصدي

ما صاب راي في اصابه مقصدي

رأى الأمور من العليل عليل

رأى الأمور من العليل عليل

My judgment did not strike true in reaching my aim;

What my opinion hits in its goals,

An ailing man's judgment of affairs is ailing.

Is seen by the sick as sick.

قلبي بتفريط المنوى منكسر

قلبي بتفريط المنوى منكسر

جسمي بافراط السقام نحيل

جسمي بافراط السقام نحيل

My heart is broken by the lack of what I desire;

My heart is broken by excessive passion,

My body is wasted by excessive sickness.

My body is thin from excessive illness.

في كل من كسب الهوى كثر البلاء

في كل من كسب الهوى كثر البلاء

فقليل هذا لابتلاء قليل

فقليل هذا لابتلاء قليل

Affliction abounds in everyone who has acquired love;

For everyone who gains love, troubles abound,

So little of this brings little affliction.

So this little test is little.

يا من عنا ممن عشقنا منعنا

يا من عنا ممن عشقنا منعنا

ما في مشاكل امرنا التسهيل

ما في مشاكل امرنا التسهيل

O you who kept us apart from those we loved,

O you who prevented us from those we loved,

There is no easing the difficulties of our plight.

There is no ease in our tangled affair.

لا تحسبن بلاء مضطرب الهوى

لا تحسبن بلاء مضطرب الهوى

مما له التغيير والتبديل

مما له التغيير والتبديل

Do not think the affliction of one distraught with love

Do not think the disturbed lover

Can undergo change or alteration.

Is prone to change or replacement.

أحببت بدراً حسنه متفرد

أحببت بدراً حسنه متفرد

وسواه من اجماله التفصيل

وسواه من اجماله التفصيل

I loved a full moon whose beauty is unique;

I loved a full moon, his beauty unmatched,

And all others are particulars of his totality.

And the details apart from his beauty are nil.

بدر علا شرفا وطاب به اليها

بدر علا شرفا وطاب به اليها

وبحسن نسبته جمال جميل

وبحسن نسبته جمال جميل

A full moon, risen in honor, and pleasing through him to her [wording unclear];

The full moon rose up honored, and thereby prospered,

And by the grace of association with him, beauty is beautiful.

And the beauty of his lineage is perfect beauty.

نجم سما عزا ومصحف قدره

نجم سما عزا ومصحف قدره

ما ليس من اياته التنزيل

ما ليس من اياته التنزيل

A star risen in glory, a sacred book whose worth

A star of heaven's honor and scripture of his fate,

Is such that Revelation is not among its verses.

None of his signs are revelation.

فعلى جميع ذوى البهى لجماله

فعلى جميع ذوى البهى لجماله

الاعلاء والترجيح والتفضيل

الاعلاء والترجيح والتفضيل

Thus, for his beauty, above all the fair, he merits

So upon all with splendor, for his beauty,

Exaltation, precedence, and preference.

Is sublimity, preference, and distinction.

حتم على النظار عند لقائه

حتم على النظار عند لقائه

التسبيح والتكبير والتلهيل

التسبيح والتكبير والتلهيل

Beholders, upon meeting him, are bound

It is incumbent upon spectators, when they see him,

To glorify God, proclaim His greatness, and declare His oneness.

To glorify, proclaim greatness, and extol.

فرض على الأرواح اجلاله

فرض على الأرواح اجلاله

التعظيم والتكريم والتبجيل

التعظيم والتكريم والتبجيل

Souls are duty-bound to revere him:

His majesty obligated souls

To magnify, honor, and venerate him.

To revere, honor, and exalt him.

ختم الكلام بان خط عذاره

ختم الكلام بان خط عذاره

صحف ونور جماله جبريل

صحف ونور جماله جبريل

Speech concludes that the script of his cheek-down

The discourse is concluded that his brows' line

Is scripture, and the light of his beauty is Gabriel.

Is tablets and the light of his beauty is Gabriel.

حكم الخيال بان ورد خدوده

حكم الخيال بان ورد خدوده

نار وان الخال فيه خليل

نار وان الخال فيه خليل

Imagination decrees that the rose of his cheeks

The imagination rules that his cheeks' roses

Is fire, and that the mole within it is Khalil.

Are fire, and that the moles on him are Abraham.

ما قده الا قضيبٌ قدره

ما قده الا قضيبٌ قدره

ثوب على قدٍ سواه طويل

ثوب على قدٍ سواه طويل

His stature is but a slender bough; his worth is

He is only a rod whose worth

A robe too long for any stature but his.

Is a garment over a stature above all else.

مالت ملاحة الى بيع البها

مالت ملاحة الى بيع البها

بسطت بساطا ماله التعزيل

بسطت بساطا ماله التعزيل

Loveliness turned to selling splendor;

The aspiration inclined to sell infatuation,

She spread a carpet that could not be cleared away.

Spreading out a carpet with no unfurling.

اغلا النفاق على سلعة وصله

اغلا النفاق على سلعة وصله

من كل طايفة اتاه عميل

من كل طايفة اتاه عميل

Demand drove up the price of the wares of union with him;

Hypocrisy is most expensive for his union wares,

From every group a customer came to him.

To him came buyers from every faction.

قلبي بنقد الروح عامل حبه

قلبي بنقد الروح عامل حبه

فالبيع ذلك ليس منه مقيل

فالبيع ذلك ليس منه مقيل

My heart dealt in his love with the coin of the soul;

My heart works his love with the soul's cash,

So there is no release from that sale.

So for that sale there is no avoidance.

بالوعد قد باع الوفا غبن الحشا

بالوعد قد باع الوفا غبن الحشا

لوفايه لا ينفع التعجيل

لوفايه لا ينفع التعجيل

With a promise he sold fidelity, cheating the heart;

With promises he sold loyalty, swindling yearning,

Haste is no help toward his keeping faith.

Its loyalty will not benefit from hastening.

قد كان مختفياً جمال كماله

قد كان مختفياً جمال كماله

منى بد الظهوره التعليل

منى بد الظهوره التعليل

The beauty of his perfection had been hidden;

His perfect beauty was hidden from me,

From me came the cause of its appearance [uncertain reading].

Its disclosure necessitated evidence.

لما عشقت جماله كل الورى

لما عشقت جماله كل الورى

متبتعا عادت اليه تبيل

متبتعا عادت اليه تبيل

When I loved his beauty, all creation

When I loved his beauty all of existence

Following my example, began to incline toward him [uncertain reading].

Returned to him gradually bought.

شاعت مناقبه وعم هواؤه

شاعت مناقبه وعم هواؤه

ما لعشق الا ما به التكميل

ما لعشق الا ما به التكميل

His virtues spread abroad, and his air pervaded all;

His virtues spread and his passion encompassed,

Love has only that which brings it to perfection.

For love is only what completes it.

ا من تمكن حبه في مهجتي

ا من تمكن حبه في مهجتي

بتمكن ما شانه التعديل

بتمكن ما شانه التعديل

O you whose love has taken root in my lifeblood,

O you who made your love firm in my mind,

With a firmness whose nature admits no alteration,

With firmness not amenable to change.

قد اثر الوفا بعد الفنا

قد اثر الوفا بعد الفنا

مذ شاع اني في هواك قتيل

مذ شاع اني في هواك قتيل

Fidelity has left its mark after annihilation,

You preferred loyalty after annihilation,

Since word spread that I was slain in love for you.

Since it spread that I am killed by your love.

بين العوالم نسبتي بك رفعة

بين العوالم نسبتي بك رفعة

عزى وقدري في هواك جليل

عزى وقدري في هواك جليل

Among the worlds, my bond with you raises me;

Through the worlds my lineage to you is honor,

My glory and my worth in love for you are exalted.

And my worth in your love is momentous.

امري اليك مفوض ومتيمم

امري اليك مفوض ومتيمم

طوعاً كانك للقضاء وكيل

طوعاً كانك للقضاء وكيل

My affairs are entrusted to you, and I turn toward you,

My matter is entrusted and devoted to you,

Willingly, as though you were the agent of fate.

Obediently as if you are the authority.

فانظر الى فقر الفضولي انه

فانظر الى فقر الفضولي انه

عبد ضعيف عاجز وذليل

عبد ضعيف عاجز وذليل

So look upon Fuzuli's poverty, for he is

So look upon the poverty of the needy one, he

A weak, helpless, and lowly servant.

Is a weak, inept, and humble slave.

دم سالما لازلت يا زين الورى

دم سالما لازلت يا زين الورى

ما دام في افق السما اكليل

ما دام في افق السما اكليل

Remain unharmed—may you ever endure, O adornment of creation,

Hello, as long as the crown is on the horizon of the sky,

As long as a crown remains on heaven's horizon.

As long as the blood of Salma flows.