في راحَتَيْك حَياةُ الرُّوحِ والبَدَنِ

وفي رضاكِ مجالُ السِّرِّ والعَلَنِ

In your hands lie the life of my soul and body

And in your consent is the scope of secrets and public knowledge

وفي ضَميري لَكُمْ مكنونُ سِرِّ هَوَى

لو رامَ ذِهْنِيَ عنهُ الكَشْفَ لم يبِنِ

And in my conscience is a hidden secret of love for you

If my mind sought to reveal it, it would not become apparent

هَوىً تَردَّد في مِثْل الهَواءِ ضَناً

مازلتُ أكْتُمهُ صَوْناً فَيَكْتُمُني

A love that wavered in the air with discontent

I've kept it safeguarded so it guards me

خَفِيتُ عن كُلِّ شَيءٍ غَيْرَ عِشْقِكُمُ

من السَّقامِ ولولا الطَّبْعُ لم يَرَني

I've hidden from everything except your love

From the illness, and if not for my nature, it would not show

بَيْني وبَيْنَ الهَوَى أجْلَى مُناسَبةٍ

فَذاكَ أعْرِفُهُ حَقّاً ويَعْرِفُني

Between me and love is the strongest affinity

So it knows me truly and I know it

يا حافِظاً بَيْنَ قَلبي والأسى ذِمَماً

وناقِضَ العَهْدِ بينَ العيْنِ والوَسَنِ

O keeper, set boundaries between my heart and sorrow

And nullify the pact between the eye and the eyelid

عَذِّبْ بِتِيْهِكَ نَفْسي يَكْتَمِلْ وَلَهي

ورُعْ بهَجْرِكَ قلبي يتَّصلْ شَجَني

Torment my soul with your absence, so my craze intensifies

And nurture my heart with your estrangement, so my passion connects

فَما أمانيَّ إلّا أنْ تُرَوِّعني

ولا نَعِيمِيَ إِلّا أنْ تُعَذِّبَني

For my wishes are only that you alarm me

And my bliss is only that you torture me

عَجِبْتُ للْحُبِّ يا لَلنَّاسِ كَيْفَ غَدا

للنَّفْسِ مَغْنِيطسَ اللَّذاتِ والمِحَنِ

I'm amazed, O people, how love has become

For the soul, magnetism of pleasures and tribulations