طابَت أوقاتي بمحبوبٍ ك

حبّه ذخري

My time was blessed with a beloved like

His love is my provision

ترغب من لا لنا عنه الفنى

في صلاح أمري

Those who don't care for us wish

For my affairs to be corrected

أنا هو شيخ الشراب ما في الملاح

لذ لي التمزيق

I am the master of wine, there is no fault in delicacy

Tearing me to pieces was enjoyable to me

ابسطوا سجّادتي راحاً براح

قربوا الإبريق

Spread my prayer rug out, going in comfort

Bring the pitcher nearer

احملوا تغريدي في الإصطلاح

يا ذوي التحقيق

Carry my singing in prose

O you who investigate

يا أنا منه أنا حتّى أنا

همتُ في سكري

Either I am because of him or I am, even I am

I intended in my intoxication

سمعوني طيبَ ألحانِ الغِنا

فعسى ندري

Listen to me, the beautiful melodies of singing

Perhaps we may wake up, O you who are poor, from my intoxication

كي نفيق يا فقرا من سكرتي

نقروا في العود

Strum the lute

And carry me atop the throne of my generosity

واحملوني فوق عرش كرمتي

عاشق مفقود

A lover who is lost

And make its water to be for my kiss

واجعلوا من مائها في قبلتي

واعصرُوا العنقود

And squeeze the grapes

And make its leaves be for me a shroud

واجعلوا أوراقَها لي كفناً

ماؤها طهري

Its water my purity

Above or below or on the right

فوقُ أو من تحتُ أو عن ميمنا

احفروا قبري

Dig my grave

I died with my breath, my shirt, and my buttons

بمتُ دنفاسي ودلفي والإزرار

وبقيت عريان

And remained naked

And I walked among the panels of the houses

ومشيت بين دوحاتِ الديار

وأنا نشوان

While I was happy

Among vinegars and cups that were passed around

بين خلّان وأكواسٍ تدار

تسحرُ الأدهان

Bewitching the oils

I have no wealth at all for drinking wine

ليس لي أصلاً على الشرب غنى

والهوى سكري

And passion is my intoxication

And you, O you who are poor, O you who are our mother

وانتموا يا ففرا يا أمنا

أكتموا سري

Conceal my secret

My belief was that I loved him

كان ظني أنَّني نعشقهُ

وهو لي يعشق

And he loved me

I distance myself and he draws near to me

أنا نبعدُ وهو يقربُ لي

صر بي أرفق

He was gentle with me

Love was revealed, it hung low, so my hanging was low

تجلى الحب تدلى فدلي

ساعة الذكر

At the moment of remembrance

So smile, one of you, our sorrows

فحت أحداك احزاننا

واختفى سري

And my secret disappeared

So the separation became long, allow me to be sprinkled

فهام البين دع ترشُقني

سلموا مالي

Hand over my belongings

I love him and he burdens me

أنا نهواهُ وهو بمشقني

سلّموا حالي

Hand over my condition

He took me when it appeared he would split me

ساقني لمّا بدى أنشقني

نشدَهُ الغالي

The precious one pulled me

And he is a spirit that erected my body

وهوَ لي روحٌ أقام البدنا

هو في سري

He is my secret

Do not be blind, do not separate in our sea

لا تعُم تفرق في بحرنا

ذاك هو بحري

That is my sea