من الهوى آه
والصب اواه
Oh love, how sighs burst forth
And my passion cries aloud
افنى الهوى كلي
والقلب يرضاه
Love has consumed me completely
And my heart complies
ويلاه من ريم
في القلب مثواه
Woe to me from a gazelle
Whose dwelling is my heart
لم يشتغل فكري
واللب لولاه
My thoughts were not occupied
Except by her image
يطيب لي معنى
يفيد ذكراه
Her memory pleases me
And mentioning her is gain
والعين لم تبصر
والله الاه
My eyes did not see her
Except through God
اقام في سرى
والروح معناه
She resided in my innermost being
And my soul, her meaning
وثغره الالمى
يا ما احيلاه
Her radiant mouth
How graceful it is!
سبحان من فضلا
بالحسن حلاه
Glory to Him who endowed her
With such beauty
كم طرفه ادمى
فؤاد مضناه
How many a tender cheek
Made my heart ache!
متى ترى عيني
سنا محياه
When will my eyes see
Her brilliant life?
ويشتفى العاني
بلثمه فاه
May the passionate one find healing
In her kissed mouth
كأنه بدر
في برج مجلاه
She is like a full moon
In its exalted house
أذاب مضناه
دلال علياه
Melting my sorrow
Proof of her loftiness
كم اوقعت فيه
النبال عيناه
How many arrows were cast
By her eyes!
يا من غدت روحي
بالوجد ترعاه
O you who my spirit tends
In ardour, to graze
ومن ارى قصدي
في الكون رؤياه
You whom my intention sees
In the universe, its vision
لو زار في ليل
بالنوم مولاه
If the new moon visited
My Master in a dream by night
كفاه معناه
أحيته لقياه
Its meaning suffices me
To revive me, its meeting
كم مرة دارت
بنا حمياه
How often did its cycle turn
For us, protective
من ثغره كم من
كأس شربناه
From her mouth, how much wine
We drank
وسطر اشواق
منه قراناه
And she inscribed yearnings
For her, our recitals
وكم تهتكنا
لما رأيناه
And how we were carried away
When we saw her
وعاذل باغ
قد ساء مسراه
The garden blamed us
For sullying its delight
يلومنا فيه
لما عشقناه
It blamed us in it
For loving her
قلنا له يا من
طبعا هجرناه
We said: "O you who
We have deserted by nature
خلك من قوم
بخلهم تاهوا
Leave those whose stinginess has led them astray
Do not blame if you know
مالمت لو تدري
كالقوم حسناه
Her beauty gives life
With kindness, to the dead"
فحسنه يحيي
باللطف موتاه
God, what gentleness
None but He has
الله من لطف
لاشك سواه
Ah, her meaning!
Ah, her melody!
آه لمعناه
آه لمغناه
Ah, her brilliance!
Ah, her visage!
آه لمجلاه
آه لمرآه
Passion has destroyed me
Oh love, how sighs burst forth!
هواه افناني
من الهوى آه
