قد دَعَوْتُكَ بالأَشْجَانْ
فَكُنْ مُجيبْ
I have called upon you with yearning,
So answer me,
وانتزحتُ عن الأوطان
وَبُحَّ الغريب
And I have departed from homelands,
And the stranger’s cry emerged,
وما حَدَثَ مِن سُلْوان
على الكئيب
And what grief occurred,
To the melancholic heart,
فواحَرَبَ قلبِ الشَّجيّ
مِنْه بَرِيّ
Made it flee from him,
I do not break the covenant,
لا أنْقُضُ العهدا
إنّي وَفِيّ
I am faithful.
Arrows of separation, O life,
سهامُ بَيْنٍ يا عُمَرْ
أَقْصَدْنَ عَبْدَكْ
Aim for your servant,
So tell me how can I have patience,
فقلْ لي كيفَ أصْبِرْ
والقلبُ عندك
While my heart is with you.
If only fate,
أما لَوْ سَاقَ القَدَر
ما ساقَ بَعْدَك
Had not done what it did after you,
I would fulfil the pledge,
سأَقضي أنا الرَّمِيّ
ولا قِسيّ
And no severity,
To separation, if it challenged,
للبينِ إن حَدَا
أنا المطيّ
I am the prepared one.
If the rain poured down,
إن جادَ القطرُ في رَسْمِ
أخْلافَ عَهْدِهْ
As in its decree,
It would water the abode of its outpouring,
رماهُ جائرُ الحكمِ
من بعد شَدِّهْ
Then a guardian would replace a guardian,
Loyal to it.
يسقي وابلُ الوسمي
ديارَ رِفْدِهْ
Passion gifted me longing,
While it was sincere.
ثم الولي يتلى وليّ
بها صفيّ
I do not cease the mention,
Of that time,
أهدى إليَّ الوجدا
وهو خَلِيّ
For in my face and mouth,
Are two impairments.
لستُ أنفكُّ عَنْ ذِكْرِ
ذا الزمانْ
I avert my gaze towards the full moon,
And blink,
إذْ ليَ في الوجه والثغرِ
مُعَلّلانْ
So this one winks, and that one winks,
And the saliva flows.
أجيلُ الطرْفَ في بدْرِ
وَأقْحوانْ
But the fervour of roses,
Is a disobedient glance.
فذا جَنِي وذا جَنِيّ
والريق رِيّ
Many yearnings of love,
Yearned for him,
لكن حَمَى الوردا
طَرْفٌ أبيّ
The longing of passion, and no sympathy,
For what it yearned.
ربَّ مُدْنَفَةٍ عِشْقَا
إليه حَنّتْ
If it did not encounter what it encountered,
It would not have sung.
أكنَّتِ الشوق ولا رفقا
لما أَكَنَّتْ
His excuse is clear, and the bashfulness in me,
Fears the cover.
لو لم تلقَ الذي تلقى
لما تَغَنتْ
Whoever’s glance challenged, and the noble one,
عُذْرُه جَلِيْ وبي رُشَيّ
هابَ الكَمِيّ
منْ لحظه حَدّا والمَشْرَفِيّ