يَنهى محبك انَّهُ مشتاق
وَالى حماكَ تهزه الأَشواق
Your lover complains that he longs
And toward your caress he is shaken by passions
قَد كانَ يَحسب اِنَّ حبّك هَيِّن
فَاذا بِه يا غصن لَيسَ يُطاق
He had thought your love would be easy
Yet here it is, O branch, unendurable
خُذ وَصف حالَته فَأَما قَلبَه
فَهوَ الكَئيبُ الساكِن الخَفّاق
Take the description of his state - as for his heart
It is the sorrowful, calm, fluttering one
وَجدا وَأَما دمعه فَسحابَة
هَتانَة جادَت بِها الآماق
And his tears are a cloud
Pouring with which the water-skins overflow
وَكَفاكَ حال متيم لعبت بِهِ
من بَعد هَجرِكَ لَوعَة وَفُراق
And enough of the state of Mutim whom you’ve played with
After your estrangement - anguish and separation
يَخفى الغَرام تجلدا فَيُذيعه
قَهرا عَلَيهِ دَمعُه المِهراق
He hides his love, exercising patience, but then reveals it
As his pouring tears overcome him
حاشاكَ تنقض عهد وَدّ بَينَنا
وَاِلَيكَ تنسب حسنها الاخلاق
Far be it from you to break a bond of affection between us
And attribute its beauty to your manners
احسن فان الحُسن ضَيف راحل
وَالناس خَيل لِلذَّهاب تساق
Do good, for good is a departing guest
And people are steeds kept for riding
وَلكلّ صبّ لا محالَة سلوة
وَلكل بَدر قَد أَضاء مُحاق
And for every youth there is, inevitably, an infatuation
And for every full moon there is an unveiled face
هَل في فُؤادي غَير حُبِّكَ ساكِن
أَو غَير طَيفِكَ في الكَرى طَرّاق
Is there in my heart other than your love dwelling
Or other than your image in the meadows capering?
أَنا وَالَّذي أَولاكَ قَلبي مُغرَم
صَبّ لِقُربِك دائِما اِشتاق
I who have surrendered my heart to you, am enamored
A youth longing always for your nearness
طورا أَرى متجلدا متصبرا
فَتَضيق بي الاِقطار وَالآفاق
At times I see myself exercising patience and endurance
So that the horizons narrow around me
وَأَدير أَقداح التفكر تارَة
فَيَصير لِلاهوالِ بي اِحداق
And I turn about the cups of contemplation
And dread of rejection presents itself
وَأَذوبُ خَوف الصَدّ لَولا اِنَّهُ
بَيني وَبَينِكَ في الهَوى ميثاق
Were it not for the pact of love between us
I would preserve such modesty as would bow necks
عِندي كَما شاءَ الغَرامُ صِيانَة
في الحُبّ تَقصر دونَها الاِعناق
Chastity is my nature and ethos
And with its like lovers compete
وَلي العفاف سجية وَطَبيعَة
وَبِمِثل ذا يَتَنافَس العُشّاق
And my share of your love is the bliss of beholding you
But I say “Blessed is the Creator”
وَنَصيب حُبّي مِنكَ لذة ناظِري
لكن أَقول تَبارَكَ الخَلّاق
If my fortunes turn against me
And the dwellings again are sweet to me
ان جادَلي دَهري الخؤن وَعاد لي
قُرب الدِيار وَطاب مِنهُ مَذاق
I will forgive the days for disagreeing with me
And precede them in forgiveness
لأسامِحَنّ الدَهر في اِخلافِه
فَيَكون مني في السَماحِ سباق
And I will pardon all the sins of my fortunes
And say, between me and time there is no contention
وَلأغفرنّ ذُنوبَ دَهري كلها
وَأَقول لَيسَ من الزَمانِ شقاق
And in either case I have no refuge
Other than the one I embrace in intimacy
وَعلى كِلا الحالَين ما لي مَلجَأ
اِلّا الَّذي قَد خاطَبتَهُ عناق
Taha the Pure, the Most Pure, the Purifier
Who is the healing for hearts and their sickness
طه البَشير الطاهِر الطهر الَّذي
هو لِلقُلوبِ وَسَقمِها تِرياق
The secret of existence and pole of its sphere
His glorious domain is sublime
سرّ الوُجودِ وَقطب دائِرَة الشَهو
دِ وَمن له المَجد الرَفيع نطاق
The most pious of creation and most majestic of those who tread earth
And ascended with it to glorious heights
أَزكى الوَرى وَأَجل من وطىء الثَرى
وَسَرى بِه لِلمُكرَمات بَراق
My shelter at distress, your palm rains heavily
If anxiety befalls me and the throat constricts
يا مَلجئي أَضام وَغيث كفك هاطِل
ان حَلّ بي كرب وَضاق خناق
Far be it forever, your existence is always pouring
If you are pleased with me then there is no harm
حاشى أَضام وَغيث كفك هاطِل
أَبدا وُجودِكَ دائِماً دَفّاق
And if companions and wealth of friends retreat
May God send blessings upon you whenever dawn shone
ان كانَ مِنكَ رِضا عليّ فَلا اَذى
وَان انثَنى صحب وَمال رِفاق
And the brilliant lightening flashed from Najd
صَلى عَلَيكَ اللَهُ ما هبت صِبا
نجد وَأومض لمعَها البَرّاق
