إِن عاقَ عَنِ الحَبيبِ طَرفاً لَحَظَه

إِن عاقَ عَنِ الحَبيبِ طَرفاً لَحَظَه

خَوفُ الرُقَباء واِتّقاءُ الحَفَظَه

خَوفُ الرُقَباء واِتّقاءُ الحَفَظَه

If an eye was kept from the beloved for a moment

If my love turns away his gaze for fear

By fear of the watchers and wariness of the guards,

Of spies or to conceal his inner blaze,

في النَوم أَلِفتُ طارقَ الطيف كَما

في النَوم أَلِفتُ طارقَ الطيف كَما

صَوَّرتُ خَيال وَصلِهِ في اليَقَظَه

صَوَّرتُ خَيال وَصلِهِ في اليَقَظَه

In sleep I grew familiar with the visiting phantom, just as

Then even as I sleep I see his phantom pass

I pictured the image of union with him while awake.

And waking, conjure up our nights of sweet embrace.