كلّنا في جماله ذو هيامِ

كلّنا في جماله ذو هيامِ

وعلينا من حبّه دار كأسُ

وعلينا من حبّه دار كأسُ

We are all enamored of his beauty.

We are all enamored with his beauty,

And a cup of his love went round among us.

And from his love we have a house of sorrow.

رشقتنا ألحاظُه بسهامٍ

رشقتنا ألحاظُه بسهامٍ

من جفونٍ وحاجب العين قوسُ

من جفونٍ وحاجب العين قوسُ

His glances assailed us with arrows

His glances have shot us with arrows

From eyelids, with the eye's brow as a bow.

From eyelids whose eyebrows are bows.

قد أصاب المرمى وأثخن جرحاً

قد أصاب المرمى وأثخن جرحاً

قلب صبٍّ وما لذي الوجد ترسُ

قلب صبٍّ وما لذي الوجد ترسُ

He has hit the mark and grievously wounded

He has struck the target and inflicted deep wounds

A lovesick heart—and one seized by passion has no shield.

Upon a passionate heart that has no shield.

فافهم الأمر بالمذاق وحقّق

فافهم الأمر بالمذاق وحقّق

ثمّ فرّق وخمرة الجمع فاحسُ

ثمّ فرّق وخمرة الجمع فاحسُ

So understand the matter through taste, and ascertain it;

So understand this through taste, and realize

Then distinguish, and sip the wine of union.

Then separate, though love's wine is mingled.

لا تكن في سلاسل الفهم مأسو

لا تكن في سلاسل الفهم مأسو

راً بعقلٍ له من الوهم حبسُ

راً بعقلٍ له من الوهم حبسُ

Do not be held captive in the chains of understanding,

Do not be in chains of understanding gloomy,

By a mind whose prison is illusion.

With a mind that from fantasies has fetters.

كالفقيه الّذي تردَّى بنفسٍ

كالفقيه الّذي تردَّى بنفسٍ

وله من هواه طيّش درسُ

وله من هواه طيّش درسُ

Like the jurist who cloaked himself in selfhood,

Like the jurist who threw himself down

And whose learning his own desire has led astray.

While from his passion came reckless folly.

واغرس الحبّ في رياض التصابي

واغرس الحبّ في رياض التصابي

فبها للعشّاق قد طاب غرسُ

فبها للعشّاق قد طاب غرسُ

And plant love in the gardens of youthful dalliance;

And plant love in the gardens of accord

For there, planting has proved sweet to lovers.

For lovers there have found planting sweet.

وتمسّك بحبل حبّ الغواني

وتمسّك بحبل حبّ الغواني

ما على من يحبّ حسناءَ بأسُ

ما على من يحبّ حسناءَ بأسُ

And hold fast to the cord of love for beautiful women;

And hold to the rope of the love of the beautiful ones -

No blame rests on one who loves a beautiful woman.

No harm upon one who loves a beauty.

مت لتحيا وافنَ لتبقى كأهل ال

مت لتحيا وافنَ لتبقى كأهل ال

حبّ عُميٌ عمّا سواه وخرسُ

حبّ عُميٌ عمّا سواه وخرسُ

Die to live, and vanish to abide, like the people of

I died to live and perished to remain

Love—blind to all but him, and mute.

Like love's folk, blind to all but the beloved, deaf, mute.