لَعِب الهَوى بِفؤاد صب نائى

وَسَقاهُ كَأس لَوعَة وَعَناء

The passion played with the heart of a remote lover

And gave him a cup of anguish and hardship

ما بالَه لَزِمَ الهَوى حَتّى غَدا

في الحُبِّ لَم يَبرَح عَنِ البَرحاءِ

What is wrong with him that he stuck to passion until

In love, he did not stop wandering

قَد كانَ قَبلَ العِشقِ لا يَدري الجَوى

هَل تاهَ بَعدَ العِشقِ في تَيهاء

He did not know passion before falling in love

After falling in love, did he get lost in confusion

أَم هامَ وَجدا في المَلاحِ فَأَصبَحَت

أَحشاؤُهُ لإترتجي لِشفاء

Or did he become passionate in love, so

His insides started shaking for recovery

ما بالَهُ يَشكو وَيَشكُر حالَة

اِمسى بِها مِن جُملَةِ الشُهَداء

What is wrong with him that he complains yet thanks

A state with which he became one of the martyrs

أَبدا تَراهُ لاهِجا بِاِسمِ الَّذي

يَهواهُ ف الاِصباحِ وَالاِمساء

You always see him uttering the name of the one

He loves in the morning and evening

كَفى مَدامِعي الغزار أَو اِذرفى

وَتَقَطُّعي بِالهَجرِ يا أَحشائي

Enough are my pouring tears or shed

And my intestines being severed by separation

وَتَثبتي يا مُهجتى أَو فَاِجزَعى

وَتَفطري أَو فَاِصبِري لِقَضاء

And my inner self, either be firm or despair

And break or be patient with fate

حكم الهَوى وَالقَلب لازَمَه الجَوى

تَبقى لِواعجه بِطول بَقائي

The rule of passion and the heart that is possessed by fervor

Will remain for its pains as long as I live

دَمعي وَقَلبي مُطلَق وَمُقَيَّد

هذا لِتَعذبي وَذا لِشَقائي

My tears and heart are free and confined

One for my torment, the other for my misery

حُب تَمكن في الفُؤاد وَقَد بَدَت

آثاه في سائِرِ الأَعضاء

A love that settled in the heart and its traces

Appeared in all the limbs

اِني لِيُعجِبُني الَّذي يَرضى بِهِ

سِيان بَعدي عَنهُ أَو اِدنائى

I am amazed by what satisfies him

Whether I am near or far from him

فَعَلامَةُ العُشّاقِ حُسنُ رِضا همو

عَمّا اِرتَضى المَحبوبُ مِن أَشياء

For the sign of lovers is their happiness

With what the beloved one prefers

وَقَد اِعتَرَفتُ بِأَنَّ مثلى لَم يَقُم

بِحُقوقُهِ وَمُقصر بِأَداء

And I admitted that someone like me

Did not fulfill his rights and was negligent in performing

فَقَصَدت ساحَة عَفوِهِ متسربِلا

بِجنايَتي مُتَوَحِّشاً بِحَيائي

So I came with my crime, feeling terrified by my shyness

To the field of your forgiveness

وَأَتيتُ بابَكَ وَالرَجاءُ يَؤُمني

وَاِخجَلتي اِن لَم أَفُز بِرِضاء

And I came to your door while hope reassures me

And I would be embarrassed if I don’t succeed in pleasing you

غَواثاه مِن لي اِن منعت وَكَيف لي

بِما عدان لَم تَقُم بِوَفائي

Save me if you forbid while how can I

If you don’t fulfill my loyalty

أَم كَيفَ أَنعُم بِالبَقا وَيَلِذ لي

عَيشُ اِذ أَشَمت بي أَعدائي

Or how can I enjoy life while my enemies

Gloat over me

وَادي الغَضا قَلبي بِما أَلقاهُ من

أَمارَتي بِالسوء وَالضَرّاء

The valley of ignorance threw my heart into

The suggestions of evil and harm

فَزَعيم جَيش الجَهلِ حط عَزائِمي

وَالشَر قَوض مربعى وَبنائى

So the leader of the army of ignorance weakened my determination

And evil eroded my firmness and structure

وَكَبائرَ الهَفواتِ قَد أَلبَسَتني

ثَوبَ الهَوانِ وَمَلبَسُ البُأَساءِ

And the major sins dressed me

With the clothes of disgrace and misery

أَن في رَحيبِ رحاب جودِكَ مَوجدي

وَرِضاكَ يا مَولايَ من شُفَعائي

I hope to find my salvation and your satisfaction, my Master,

Among those who intercede for me

اِن كانَ عِصياني وَسوءُ جِنايَتي

عَظما وَصرت مُهَدَّداً بِجَزائي

If my disobedience and the gravity of my crime

Became great and I was threatened with punishment

فَفَضاء عَفوِكَ لا حُدودَ لِوُسعِهِ

وَعَلَيهِ مُعتَمِدي وَحُسنُ رَجائي

Then the vastness of your forgiveness has no limits

And in it lies my dependence and good hope

يا مَن يَرى ما في الضَميرِ وَلا يَرى

اِنّي رَجوتَكَ اِن تُجيبُ دُعائي

O You who sees what is in the conscience and does not see

I hoped You would answer my prayer

يا عالَم الشَكوى وَحر تَوجعي

دائي عَظيم القَرح جد بِدَوائي

O Knower of complaints and burner of my pain

My illness is severe, so remedy my medicine

بَحَبيبِكَ الهادي سَأَلتُكَ دلني

لِعِلاجِ أَمراضي وَجاب شَفائي

For the sake of Your guiding Beloved I asked you, show me

The cure for my diseases, and the remedy came

ثُمَّ الصَلاةُ عَلَيهِ ما هَب الصِبا

سُخر فَعطر سائِر الاِرجاء

Then blessings upon him whenever the morning breeze blows

It spreads the fragrance all over the quarters