أيُّ حُسنٍ عَلى ظُهورِ المَهارى
قد تَولَّى وأيُّ نُورٍ تَوارى
What beauty has descended upon the skilled riders' backs
And what light has been concealed
أقْمُرٌ ما انْجَلت لِعَيْني دُجاً إل
لا وغَارَ الصَّباحُ منها فَغَارا
A moon never rose for my eyes in darkness
Except the morning was eclipsed by it and eclipsed
قَطَعَ القَلْبُ في هواها زَماناً
وقَضى للصِّبا بِها أوْطارا
My heart severed its passion for her for a time
And spent its prime with youth because of her
أزْمُنٌ قد مَضَتْ بِبَرْدِ نَعِيمٍ
غادرَتْ بَعْدَها الضُّلوعَ حِرارا
Times have passed in the chill of bliss
After which my ribs felt warmth
لَمْ تَكُنْ غيرَ لَمْحِ بَرْقٍ تَراءى
أو خَيالٍ قُربَ الصَّبيحةِ زارا
She was but a lightning flash glimpsed
Or an apparition that visited at dawn and left
بَارِقاتٌ أعَرْنَ قَلْبِي خُفوقاً
وبُدورٌ أورثْنَ جِمسي سِرارا
Flashes that set my heart aflutter
And full moons that filled my dark night with secrets
قَدَحَ النَّارَ نُورُها في فؤادي
وامْتَرَتْ مُقْلَتي حَياً مِدْرارا
Her light kindled fire in my heart
And my eyelids flowed with copious tears
آهِ مِنْ ذا البِعاد قَدْ ضَاقَ ذَرْعي
أسْألُ الله حِسْبَةً واصْطِبارا
Oh how difficult this distance has become, it's too much
I ask Allah for patience and contentment
يا نَسِيماً سَرَى لأقربِ عَهْدٍ
بِحماهُمْ حَدِّثْنِيَ الأخْبارا
O breeze that blows from the nearest of times
Talk to me about their news
كَيْفَ غَرْناطَةٌ ومَنْ حَلَّ فِيْها
حَبَّذا السَّاكنونَ تِلْكَ الدِّيارا
How is Granada and who has settled there
Blessed are those who inhabit those lands
كَيْفَ أحبابُ مُهْجَتي رُوحُ رُوحي
نُورُ عَيْني الجآذِرَ الأقْمارا
How are the beloveds of my passion, the delight of my soul
The light of my eye, the shining moons
هَلْ لَهُمْ مِنْ تَشَوُّفٍ لإيابٍ
أمْ أناخُوا بِها وقرُّوا قَرارا
Do they long for my return
Or have they settled there and rested
وَعليمِ الغُيوبِ لا حُلْتُ عَهْداً
عَنْ هَواهُمْ ولا خَفَرْتُ ذِمارا
And the Knower of secrets, I have not broken a pact
About their love nor have I counted the nights
مَنْ رَسُولي إلى حُبَيِّبِ قَلْبي
بُغْيَتي حَيْثُ ما ثَوىَ واسْتَطارا
Who is my messenger to the beloved of my heart
My goal wherever he settled and resided
لِيؤدِّي تَحيَّةً مِنْ مُحِبٍّ
يَفْضَحُ الرَّنْدَ نَشْرُها والعَرارا
To convey greetings from a lover
Whose diffusion of it compromises discretion and propriety
ويُعيدَ السَّلامَ مِنْهُ أريجاً
طَيِّبَ العَرْفِ نافِحاً مِعْطارا
And to return the greeting perfumed
With the fragrance of commendable custom and scent
