أزورُ الحبيبَ ولا أَلْثِمُهْ ؟!

وما قال أهلًا وسَهْلًا فَمُهْ!

Shall I visit my beloved and not sin?!

He did not say hello or welcome, his mouth!

فما كان أحلاهُ مِن صامتٍ

يُشِيرُ ولكنّني أَفْهَمُهْ

So it was not more beautiful than a silent one

Who gestures, but I understand him

يراني أُفَتِّشُ في رأفةٍ

مواضعَ في جِسمِهِ تُؤْلِمُهْ

He sees me searching with kindness

Places in his body that hurt him

أَشُمُّ النَّدَى في جِراحاتِه

يُعَطِّرُ بِالمِسكِ رُوحي دَمُهْ

I smell the dew in his wounds

Perfumes my soul with his bloody musk

فقُمْ يا حبيبي وهَيَّا معي

ونَمْ في ذِراعي الّذي تَعْلَمُهْ

So get up my darling and come with me

And sleep in my arms that you know

سَتَشْفَى جِراحُكَ في لَحظةٍ

وجُرحي الّذي لم أزلْ أَكْتُمُهْ

Your wounds will heal in a moment

And my wound that I have always concealed

ومُدَّ ذِراعَيْكَ في ضَمَّةٍ

لِصَدري عسى رَبَّنا يَرْحَمُهْ

And stretch out your arms in an embrace

To my chest, may our Lord have mercy on him

وتسألُ: مَن يا تُرى أَعْلَمَكْ؟

أمِ الحُبُّ مِن وَحْيِهِ أَلْهَمَكْ؟

And you ask: Who, I wonder, taught you?

Or did love inspire you from its revelation?

حبيبي متى سوف أمضي معكْ؟

متى خَمْرُ ثَغري يُرَوِّي فَمَكْ؟

My darling when will I spend time with you?

When will the wine of my lips quench your mouth?

متى تَلْبَسُ الشَّمْسُ جِلبابَها

وتَخْلُو لِمِحْرابِ مَنْ تَيَّمَكْ؟

When will the sun wear her cloak

And be alone for the prayer niche of the one who orphaned you?

وناجانيَ القَلبُ: يا عاشقًا

أَما آنَ تَمحو له طِلْسَمَكْ؟

And my heart whispered to me: O lover

Isn't it time to erase his talisman from you?

مَلاكٌ مِنَ الإنسِ أم ساحرٌ

خَتَمْتَ على خَدِّه مَعْلَمَكْ؟

An angel of mankind or a sorcerer

You sealed your mark on his cheek?

يَخُطُّ حُروفَ الجَوَى عاتِبًا

ويَهْمِسُ في السِّرِّ: ما أَظْلَمَكْ!

He writes letters of passion complaining

And whispers in secret: How unjust you are!

فما الحَظُّ إلّا له مَوسمٌ؟

متى يا حبيبي أرى مَوْسِمَكْ؟

For is there any fortune except his season?

My darling when will I see your season?

وتسألُ هَمسًا متى نلتقي؟

فرُوحي وقلبي، وكُلِّي مَعَكْ

And you whisper asking when we will meet?

For my soul, heart and all of me are with you

يُرَوِّعُني منكَ طُولُ النَّوى

ولا باركَ اللهُ مَنْ رَوَّعَكْ

I am terrified by your prolonged intention

May Allah not bless whoever scared you

لأنَّكَ أنتَ مَلِيكُ الجَمالِ

وأنتَ الصَّباحُ الّذي لَفَّعَكْ

Because you are the angel of beauty

And you are the morning that unveiled you

أرى البَدْرَ يُشْرِقُ في وَجْنَتَيْكَ

ويُسْدِلُ مِن ضَوئِهِ بُرْقَعَكْ

I see the moon rising in your cheeks

And lowering its light as your veil

أَتَيْتُكَ والقلبُ يَهفو إليك

وأشواقُهُ حُلْمُها مَخْدَعَكْ

I came to you while my heart yearns for you

And its passions are dreaming of your tent

زَرَعْتُكَ في مُهْجَتي شُعْلَةً

وأسعدني الحَظُّ أن أزرعَكْ

I planted you in my soul like a flame

And I was made happy by fate to plant you

وأَسْكَنْتُكَ الرُّوحَ يا كَعبةً

ويا ظالمًا لو تَرى مَوضِعَكْ

And I settled you in the soul like the Kaaba

And how wrong, if you could see your position

لَذَابَ الفُؤادُ اشتياقًا إلَيَّ

سرورًا وزالَ الَّذي أَوْجَعَكْ

The heart melted longing for me

Happily, and the one who hurt you is gone