سما قدر السماحه والجمال

ببدر لاح من فلك الكمال

The stature of generosity and beauty rose

through a full moon that shone from the sphere of perfection.

على افق العلى بدرٌ تمام

اتم بيان قدرة ذي الجلال

On the horizon of sublimity, a moon in its fullness—

the fullest manifestation of the Majestic One’s power.

تكمّل حسنه باتم وجهٍ

بحمرة خده وسواد خال

His beauty was perfected in the fullest way,

through his cheek’s redness and a beauty mark’s blackness.

تجاوز عن مناسية التساوي

بقدفي نهاية الاعتدال

He surpassed all comparison with an equal,

with a stature at the utmost limit of proportion.

تبارك خالق اعطاه حسنا

تنزه عن مشابهة المثال

Blessed is the Creator who gave him beauty

exalted above resemblance to any model.

تفرّده الملاحة مستقلاً

فليس لها سواه من الاهال

Beauty singles him out as hers alone;

for she has no kin but him.

تمكن في القلوب ودام فيها

فما في ذي البلاد سواه وال

He established himself in hearts and remained there;

so these lands have no ruler but him.

هو الروح المقدس فاق لطفا

خفاه الله من عين الزوال

He is the holy spirit, surpassing all in subtlety;

God hid him from transience’s eye.

هو النجم المنود نال اوجه

حماه اللَه عن اثر الوبال

He is the star [epithet unclear] that reached its zenith;

God protected him from the effect of calamity.

هويت جماله بكمال وجهٍ

جعلت فداه روحي ومال

I loved his beauty for the perfection of his face;

I made my soul and wealth his ransom.

يلاما بيتاً حسن امتزاج

ازالته عديمه الأحتمال

[Opening words unclear]—a beautiful mingling,

whose dissolution is impossible.

يصوره الهوى في كل ان

على لوح اللصود والجمال

Passion pictures him at every moment

on the tablet of [unclear] and beauty.

فليس لي السلو بما سوالا

ولم ار غيره وسواه مال

So there is no forgetting for me [ending unclear],

and I have seen none but him [ending unclear].

تقضا في هواه مرور عمري

مدى الايام في سهر الليال

My life ran its course in love for him,

throughout the days, in sleepless nights.

حفظت خياله لصفا قلبي

طلبت وصاله لصلاح حال

I preserved his image for my heart’s purity;

I sought union with him to better my state.

ولكن قد وجدت فيه طبعاً

يمانع عن مطالبة الوصال

But I have found in him a disposition

that resists any request for union.

يخالف كل ذي ولعٍ عنادا

بالفاظ اشد من القتال

He opposes every passionate lover out of obstinacy,

with words harsher than combat.

يجرح كل ذي طلب هواه

بالحاظ حسدٍ من النبال

He wounds everyone who seeks his love,

with glances that arrows envy [reading uncertain].

كفاه مع المحب له عنادا

الى الأعداء رسم الامتثال

It is defiance enough toward the one who loves him

that he makes a practice of obedience to enemies.

يقارب كل ذي حيل ومكرٍ

فيحسب انهم لمن الموالي

He draws near to everyone with guile and deceit,

so he thinks they are surely among his allies.

يخالف من يناصحه ويرضى

مفاسده مكاره الاخيال

He opposes whoever counsels him sincerely, and approves

his vices, abhorrent to the imagination.

اخالطه الأراذل والأداني

مخالطة الكلاب مع الغزال

His companions [probable reading] are the base and lowly—

a mingling of dogs with the gazelle.

اخاطبة يخالفي عناداً

يصر على مضاعفة الفعال

I address him; he opposes me out of obstinacy;

he persists in redoubling his deeds.

اعاتبه يكدره كلامي

يضاعفني الملال على الملال

I reproach him; my words distress him;

he heaps weariness upon weariness on me.

فان كثر الكلام فلا يدارى

وان كدر الغرام فلا يبال

If words grow many, he cannot be appeased;

and if love is clouded, he does not care.

خلاف رضايه الم عظيم

فضولي لا تطاول في المقال

To go against his wishes is grievous pain.

Fuzuli, do not prolong your speech.

فدع ما شاء يعمل في الملامي

مخالفة الملاح من المحال

So let him do as he wishes amid reproach;

opposing the beautiful is impossible.