1. بذكرى ساكن البطحا

    أداوي مهجتي القرحا

    Through remembrance of the dweller of al-Batha,

    I heal my wounded heart.

  2. فكم أهدت لنا فتحا

    هما في الغار ثاني اثنين

    For how often it has bestowed an opening upon us!

    The two were in the cave—he, the second of two.

  3. دنا كالقاب من قوسين

    أو أدنى لعين العين

    He drew near, as close as two bows' span,

    Or nearer still, to the eye of the eye.

  4. إليكم يا أهيل الخيف

    معنّاكم يعاني الحيف

    To you, O dear people of al-Khayf,

    Your tormented one suffers injustice.

  5. وإنّي لست أدري كيف

    وحالي في الهوى من أين

    And I know not how,

    Nor whence my state in love has come.

  6. دنا كالقاب من قوسين

    أو أدنى لعين العين

    He drew near, as close as two bows' span,

    Or nearer still, to the eye of the eye.

  7. ملكتم مهجتي رقوا

    على أنّي لكم رقّ

    You have possessed my heart; have mercy,

    For I am a slave to you.

  8. ومالي في الهوى عتق

    ولا بينٌ لنا في البين

    And in love there is no emancipation for me,

    Nor is there separation for us in parting.

  9. دنا كالقاب من قوسين

    أو أدنى لعين العين

    He drew near, as close as two bows' span,

    Or nearer still, to the eye of the eye.

  10. بوردي قد صفا كاسي

    عليّ الوجد لي كأسي

    Through my litany, my cup has grown clear.

    Ecstatic longing is upon me; my cup is mine.

  11. وحسبي ختم أنفاسي

    بمسك الاقتفا للزين

    And it is enough for me that my breaths be sealed

    With the musk of following in the fair one's footsteps.

  12. دنا كالقاب من قوسين

    أو أدنى لعين العين

    He drew near, as close as two bows' span,

    Or nearer still, to the eye of the eye.

  13. شهودي ذلك المجلى

    صفا في المورد الأحلى

    My witnessing of that place of manifestation

    Grew clear at the sweetest wellspring.

  14. وليلى فيه إذ تجلى

    لعيني قد محت للعين

    And Layla, when she shone forth within it

    Before my eye, brought effacement to the eye.

  15. دنا كالقاب من قوسين

    أو أدنى لعين العين

    He drew near, as close as two bows' span,

    Or nearer still, to the eye of the eye.

  16. عليه ذو العلا صلّى

    وسلّم ما من المجلى

    May the Exalted One bless him,

    And grant him peace, as long as from the place of manifestation

  17. سليمي بالبها تجلى

    به المضنى قرير العين

    My Sulaym shines forth in splendor;

    Through him, the weary one's eye is soothed.

  18. دنا كالقاب من قوسين

    أو أدنى لعين العين

    He drew near, as close as two bows' span,

    Or nearer still, to the eye of the eye.