سَمحت بِالوَصلِ بَعد الهَجر يا حسن

سَمحت بِالوَصلِ بَعد الهَجر يا حسن

وَزالَ ذاكَ العَنا وَالهم وَالحُزن

وَزالَ ذاكَ العَنا وَالهم وَالحُزن

You granted reunion after estrangement, O Hasan,

You allowed reunion after estrangement, O Beauty

And that suffering, worry, and sorrow vanished.

And that resentment, anxiety and sadness went away

وَأَنتَ يا زَمَني لما أَتَيتَ بِهِ

وَأَنتَ يا زَمَني لما أَتَيتَ بِهِ

قَلَدتني مننا ما مثلها منن

قَلَدتني مننا ما مثلها منن

And you, O my Time, when you brought him,

And you, my time, when you brought it

Adorned me with favors no other favors could match.

You gave me favors the like of which time has never given

ما كانَ من ذَنبِكَ الماضي فغتفر

ما كانَ من ذَنبِكَ الماضي فغتفر

لَم يَبقَ عِندَكَ عَيب أَيُّها الزَمَن

لَم يَبقَ عِندَكَ عَيب أَيُّها الزَمَن

Whatever your past fault was, it is forgiven;

Whatever sin of yours is past, is forgiven

No fault remains in you, O Time.

No fault remains with you, O time

وَأَنتَ يا غُصن لما مسن في وَطَني

وَأَنتَ يا غُصن لما مسن في وَطَني

فاقَ الثَريا فَخارا ذلِكَ الوَطَن

فاقَ الثَريا فَخارا ذلِكَ الوَطَن

And you, O bough, when you swayed in my homeland,

And you, O branch, when you touched my homeland

That homeland surpassed the Pleiades in glory.

It excelled the Pleiades, that homeland

دَعني أَقبل نَعلا قَد وَطَئت بِها

دَعني أَقبل نَعلا قَد وَطَئت بِها

رَبعي فَوَاللَه انّي ضاقَ بي العطن

رَبعي فَوَاللَه انّي ضاقَ بي العطن

Let me kiss a sandal in which you have trodden

Let me kiss the slipper that trod

My dwelling; by God, my resting-place has grown too cramped for me.

My dwellings, by God my house has become too narrow for me

وَاِسمَح بِاِطلاق طَرفي فَالغَرام لَهُ

وَاِسمَح بِاِطلاق طَرفي فَالغَرام لَهُ

أَسد اِذا عايَنوا غُزلانَه جبنوا

أَسد اِذا عايَنوا غُزلانَه جبنوا

And let my gaze roam free, for passion has

And allow my gaze freedom, for passion has

Lions that turn cowardly when they behold its gazelles.

Lions, when they see their cubs they become timid

وَعصبَة العِشق أَقوام كَبيرُهُم

وَعصبَة العِشق أَقوام كَبيرُهُم

في الحُبّ طفل وَأَقوى عزمه وَهن

في الحُبّ طفل وَأَقوى عزمه وَهن

And love's company consists of people whose eldest

And the party of love are folk whose chief

Is a child in love, and his strongest resolve is weakness.

In love is a child, yet his resolve is weak

وَاللَه وَاللَه يا نور العُيونِ لَقَد

وَاللَه وَاللَه يا نور العُيونِ لَقَد

أَحيَيت مني فَؤادا كله شَجن

أَحيَيت مني فَؤادا كله شَجن

By God, by God, O light of the eyes, surely

By God, by God, O light of eyes, you have

You revived a heart of mine filled with sorrow.

Revived a heart in me that is all yearning

كُن كَيفَ شِئت فَاِنّي فيك ذو كلف

كُن كَيفَ شِئت فَاِنّي فيك ذو كلف

قَد اِستَوى في هَواك كله شَجَن

قَد اِستَوى في هَواك كله شَجَن

Be as you wish, for I am infatuated with you.

Be as you wish, for I am enamored of you

All has become alike in love for you—all sorrow.

In your love all sorrow is the same to me

أَنتَ المُراد وَمالي عَنكَ مصطبر

أَنتَ المُراد وَمالي عَنكَ مصطبر

وَالقَلب في غَمرات الوَجدِ مُرتَهَن

وَالقَلب في غَمرات الوَجدِ مُرتَهَن

You are the one I desire; I cannot endure being away from you.

You are the sought and I have no patience without you

And the heart is held captive in the surges of longing.

While my heart in the depths of passion is held captive

لا أَستَطيع سلوّا في الهَوى أَبَدا

لا أَستَطيع سلوّا في الهَوى أَبَدا

وَكَيفَ يَسلوك صبّ فيك مفتتن

وَكَيفَ يَسلوك صبّ فيك مفتتن

I can never cease loving,

I can never be diverted from love ever

And how could a lovesick man, bewitched by you, forget you?

And how can one divert a love-smitten youth?

ما حيلَتي في رَقيب لا يُفارقُهُ

ما حيلَتي في رَقيب لا يُفارقُهُ

يَقظان لا يَعتَريه دَهره وَسن

يَقظان لا يَعتَريه دَهره وَسن

What recourse have I against a watcher who never leaves him?

What can I do with a watcher who never leaves him

Wakeful, never overtaken by drowsiness throughout his life.

Awake, whom no cycle of days makes him sleep?

نرى وَيَسمع مني كل ما نَطَقت

نرى وَيَسمع مني كل ما نَطَقت

بهِ الصَبابَة أَو ما أَظهَرَ الشَجَن

بهِ الصَبابَة أَو ما أَظهَرَ الشَجَن

We are seen, and he hears from me all that is uttered

He sees and hears from me everything

By yearning, or all that sorrow reveals.

That youthful folly utters or that passion reveals

أَخافَه أَبَداً وَالعاشِقونَ اِذا

أَخافَه أَبَداً وَالعاشِقونَ اِذا

خافوا كَما قيلَ يَوماً بَعدَهُ أَمنوا

خافوا كَما قيلَ يَوماً بَعدَهُ أَمنوا

I fear him always, and lovers, when

I fear him always, though lovers when

They fear one day, as people say, feel safe afterward.

They fear, as has been said, afterwards feel safe

وَطالَما قيلَ في وَصفِ الرَقيبِ عَلى

وَطالَما قيلَ في وَصفِ الرَقيبِ عَلى

قَواعِدَ الحُبّ كَلب مالَه ثَمَن

قَواعِدَ الحُبّ كَلب مالَه ثَمَن

And often it is said of the watcher, according to

And it has often been said, describing the watcher,

Love's rules: a dog of no value.

By the rules of love, he is a worthless dog

انّي لا عَجَب من ظبي يُراقِبُهُ

انّي لا عَجَب من ظبي يُراقِبُهُ

كلب وَنَحس بِهذا السعد يُقتَرَن

كلب وَنَحس بِهذا السعد يُقتَرَن

Indeed, I find no wonder in a gazelle watched

Little wonder that a gazelle he watches

By a dog, and ill fortune coupled with this good fortune.

Should be paired with a dog, accursed luck!

بِئسَ الرَقيبُ لَهُ في كل جارِحَة

بِئسَ الرَقيبُ لَهُ في كل جارِحَة

عين وَفي كل عضو نحونا أذن

عين وَفي كل عضو نحونا أذن

What a wretched watcher! He has in every limb

Evil is the watcher! In every limb he has

An eye, and in every body part an ear turned toward us.

An eye, in every member towards us an ear

يَقولُ ما الَّذي تَهواهُ من حسن

يَقولُ ما الَّذي تَهواهُ من حسن

فَقُلت يَكفيكَ منهُ أَنَّهُ حسن

فَقُلت يَكفيكَ منهُ أَنَّهُ حسن

He says: 'What is it you love about Hasan?'

He says "What is it you love of his beauty?"

So I said: 'His being handsome is enough for you.'

I said "It suffices you that he is beautiful"

لَو أنصَف الدَهر أَدناني وَأَبعَدَهُ

لَو أنصَف الدَهر أَدناني وَأَبعَدَهُ

لكن وَحَق الهَوى ما أَنصَف الزَمَن

لكن وَحَق الهَوى ما أَنصَف الزَمَن

Had Time been fair, it would have drawn me near and sent him away;

If fate were fair, it would bring him near and drive it away

But, by the sanctity of love, Time has not been fair.

But, by the right of love, time was not fair