أَفدي غَزال الحِمى

أَفدي غَزال الحِمى

عَذب اللمى

عَذب اللمى

I would ransom the gazelle of the sanctuary,

I sacrifice the gazelle of longing

sweet of dusky lips,

Sweet of union

الشَهدي النَدى

الشَهدي النَدى

المبدي دَلالا

المبدي دَلالا

whose dew is honey-sweet,

The honeyed dew

displaying coquetry,

Revealing a guide

من لَحظه قَد حَمى

من لَحظه قَد حَمى

عَنّي حمى

عَنّي حمى

whose glance has indeed barred

For his glance has protected me

the sanctuary from me—

It has warmed me, my rose, my basil

وَردي وِردي

وَردي وِردي

يردي قتالا

يردي قتالا

my rose, my draught—

It leads to struggle

slaying me in combat.

He sang, so he sang the sweetest songs

غَنّى فَأَغنى فما

غَنّى فَأَغنى فما

أَحلى فَما

أَحلى فَما

He sang and enriched—how

Nothing is sweeter than his mouth

sweet a mouth,

It calls, it seduces

يهدي يندي

يهدي يندي

يُبدي جَمالا

يُبدي جَمالا

bestowing, shedding dew,

Revealing beauty

revealing beauty!

A pearl, a smiling mouth

دُرّ حَلا مَبسما

دُرّ حَلا مَبسما

فيهِ سَما

فيهِ سَما

Pearls were sweet in a smiling mouth;

In it, heaven

there rose

My rapture leads me

وَجدي يجدي

وَجدي يجدي

رشدي كَمالا

رشدي كَمالا

my longing, bringing

My sanity leads me to perfection

perfection to my reason.

When he smiled his smile

لَما تَوسَّم تَبسَّم

لَما تَوسَّم تَبسَّم

عَن درّ مبسم منظم

عَن درّ مبسم منظم

When he looked closely, he smiled,

From a string of pearls, an orderly smile

revealing the strung pearls of his smiling mouth.

He revealed brilliant teeth

أَبدى سَنا عقدين

أَبدى سَنا عقدين

درين يا عين حَيا اللَه

درين يا عين حَيا اللَه

He revealed the gleam of two necklaces,

Two strings of pearls, O eye, may God keep you living

two pearl-strings—O eye, God bless him!

O branch bent with knowledge

يا غصن بان العلم

يا غصن بان العلم

حالي عَدم

حالي عَدم

O bān-tree bough upon the hill,

My state is nonexistence

my state is destitution;

I have become compliant

أصبح فاِسمح

أصبح فاِسمح

واِمنح متيّم

واِمنح متيّم

so it has become—be generous,

So pardon me and grant me

and give to one enslaved by love.

Look upon my state, for I do not complain of pain

اِنظر لحالي فَلم

اِنظر لحالي فَلم

أشكو أَلم

أشكو أَلم

Look at my state, for I have not

Relieve me, take wing

complained of pain

You will succeed, O obsessed one

برّح فاِجنح

برّح فاِجنح

تنجح لمغرم

تنجح لمغرم

that tormented me; so show favor,

On the cheek the pen writes

and bring success to a lovesick man.

Reciting pain

في الخَدّ خطّ القلم

في الخَدّ خطّ القلم

يَتلو أَلم

يَتلو أَلم

On the cheek, the pen's script

We are relieved, so step lightly

recites, 'Have We not

And go gently to gain

نَشرح فاِشطح

نَشرح فاِشطح

واِمرح لِتَغنم

واِمرح لِتَغنم

expanded ...?' So dance,

My eyes answered openly

and make merry, that you may gain.

By God, we will not

أَجاب طرفي عَلَن

أَجاب طرفي عَلَن

تَاللَّه لَن

تَاللَّه لَن

My glance replied openly:

Leave or travel

'By God, we shall not

We will rejoice in our gain

نَبرَح نَسرَح

نَبرَح نَسرَح

نَفرَح بِمغنم

نَفرَح بِمغنم

cease roaming,

My love, O matchless, O most chanted

rejoicing in a prize.'

O set star, disappear and be reborn

حبّي يا مفرد يا أَغيد

حبّي يا مفرد يا أَغيد

يا نجم فرقد توَلّد

يا نجم فرقد توَلّد

My love, O peerless one, O supple one,

Make haste with wishes, O beauty

O star, a Farqad newly born,

For distance is my lot, oh my God

جد بِالمُنى يا زين

جد بِالمُنى يا زين

فالبين لي حين أَي وَاللَه

فالبين لي حين أَي وَاللَه

grant wishes, O fair one,

For God, the full moon rose

for separation is my doom—yes, by God!

The sun of gold

لِلّه بَدر جَلا

لِلّه بَدر جَلا

شَمس الطِلا

شَمس الطِلا

God be praised for a full moon that unveiled

In melodies, seductive

the sun of wine

Lids fluttering

في الحان فتان

في الحان فتان

أَجفان مَهفهف

أَجفان مَهفهف

in the tavern, with bewitching

It gave life, so it revived the splendor

eyelids, slender of form.

When it rose

حَيّا فَأَحيا المَلا

حَيّا فَأَحيا المَلا

لَما تَلا

لَما تَلا

He greeted and revived the company,

Melodies and passions

when he recited

Charms and gentleness

أَلحان أَشجان

أَلحان أَشجان

وَلهان تَلطّف

وَلهان تَلطّف

melodies of sorrow;

If one day it disappears

lovelorn, he showed kindness.

Do not let me

إِن مَرَّ يَوماً حَلا

إِن مَرَّ يَوماً حَلا

هَتكي فَلا

هَتكي فَلا

If he passes one day, sweet is

Make melodies, so I rave

my disgrace; so do not

Since it shone tenderly

تلحان فَالبان

تلحان فَالبان

مُذ بان تَعطّف

مُذ بان تَعطّف

reproach me, for the bān-tree,

My spirit on the gold of the new moon's cheek

since it appeared, has swayed.

On the scent of basil, two kinds

راحي وَخد الطَلا

راحي وَخد الطَلا

روح عَلى

روح عَلى

My wine and the fawn's cheek—

Pleasure and aloes wood and ambergris

a spirit upon

Arise, call out drunkenly and let us drink wine

ريحان نَوعان

ريحان نَوعان

نعمان وَقرقف

نعمان وَقرقف

sweet basil, two kinds:

For the full moon has dawned and shone

anemone and wine.

It calls to the harvest of two cheeks

قُم صاح نسكر وَنَخمر

قُم صاح نسكر وَنَخمر

فَالبَدر أسفر وَأبدر

فَالبَدر أسفر وَأبدر

Rise, friend; let us grow drunk and wine-dazed,

for the full moon has shone forth and grown full,

يهدي جنى خَدين

يهدي جنى خَدين

offering the fruit of two cheeks.