قُل لِلَّذي أَهوى عَلى هَجره
لَم يخلُ قَلبي ساعةً مِن هَواك
Say to the one who insisted on parting from me
That my heart never ceased loving you for an hour
قَد نُقِشَت في مُهجَتي صُورةٌ
صورةُ حُسنٍ مِنك لا مِن سِواك
Your beautiful image has been engraved
In my mind's eye - none other but your image
فَإِن تُوافِق مُقلَتي مُهجَتي
في الرُؤيةِ اِستراحتا مِن نَواك
So if my eyelids match my mind's eye
They may find some rest from yearning for you
يا مالِكي ماذا التَنائي وَمَن
هَذا الَّذي عَن زَورَتي قَد لَواك
My beloved, why this estrangement, who is this one
Who has taken you away from visiting me?
زَواكَ عَنّي شُغل شاغِلٌ
وَقَد تَفَطّنتُ لَما قَد زَواك
Your absence was caused by a preoccupying affair
I have guessed what has distracted you
شُغِلتَ بِالظَبي الغريرِ الَّذي
جاوَرتَه فَحُسنُهُ قَد حَواك
You have busied yourself with the alluring gazelle
Who dwells near you, whose beauty has captivated you
أَضرمَ في قَلبِك نارَ الهَوى
عَينٌ لَهُ لخصاءُ أَبدَت جَواك
He has kindled the fire of love in your heart
With a glance, his eyelids revealed his desire for you
وَقَد سَرى مِن سُقمِ أَجفانِهِ
إِلَيكَ سُقمٌ عَزَّ مِنهُ دَواك
And the sickness of his eyelids has crept
Into you, a sickness from which your cure has fled
وَقَد كَوَت قَلبي نارُ الهَوى
مِنكَ فَذُق ناراً بِها قَد كَواك
The fire of love has seared my heart because of you
So suffer, by it, a fire by which it has seared you
يا دائمَ الهَجرِ أَلا عَلِّلَن
صَبّاً بِأن تَهدي إلَيهِ سِواك
O permanence of separation, can you not
Quench your morning thirst by sending him to me
عودَ أَراكٍ وَهوَ فَألٌ بأن
أَراكَ لي مواصلاً في هَواك
I hope to see you again, so complete your love
And be, for me, continuous in your love
وَيا سُلُوَّ القَلبِ عَن حُبِّهِ
اذهَب فَقَلبي دَهرهُ ما نَواك
O comfort of the heart away from its love
Go away, for my heart has never desired you
وَيا فُؤادي لا تني هائِماً
في حُبِّه حَتّى تُلاقي ثَواك
And O my heart, do not wander
In love of him until you meet your demise
عُذِّبتَ بِالحُبِّ فَصارَ الهَوى
قُوتَك حَتّى لا تُبالي طَواك
You were tormented by love, and so love
Became your food, so that you do not care for your health
وَقَد طَوَيتَ الحبَّ لَم يَدرِهِ
غَيرُ الَّذي في حُبِّهِ قَد طَواك
And you have folded up love - none but the one
Whose love has folded you up knew it
طُويتَ يا جسمي نُحولاً فَقَد
صِرتَ خَيالاً لا ترى من ضَواك
My body, you have become emaciated - so you
Have become a specter; your strength cannot be seen
لا تَشتَكي الضَّعفَ فإِنِّي امرؤٌ
أدريكَ جلداً وشَديداً قُواك
Do not complain of weakness, for I am a man
Who can make you energetic and strengthen your power
وَيا حَديثي باسمِ حُبّي فَلا
كُنتَ وَلا كانَ الَّذي قَد رَواك
And O my talk in the name of my love, do not be
As you were, nor the one whose love has bent you
