اطل مدة الهجر ان ما شئت وارفض

اليس وانت الحب ان صد او رضى

Gaze however long at the estrangement, if you wish, and spurn me.

Isn't love, whether it's rejection or acceptance?

يعلل قلبي حال صدك خاطري

فما صدك المضنى الحشا صد مغض

My heart excuses your rejection, though it upsets me,

For it wasn't out of hatred you spurned me, but reluctance.

والا فما للقلب انى ذكرتكم

يرى الصبر فيكم كيف كنت ويرتضى

Or else, why does my heart recall you

And see resignation in you though pleased before?

واعجب منه انه كل طرفة

ينازعني شوقا اليكم ويقتضى

And I'm amazed that with every glance

It urges me to long for you and makes demands.

ولولا شهادات الجوارح بالذي

كواها لصنت الامر في غير معرض

Were it not for the testimony of my limbs for the one

Who created them, I'd have denied it all in order to avoid exposure.

ولولا احتكام الشوق يا من بحكمه

علمتم لما عرضت نفسي لمعرض

And were it not that passion is the judge, by whose judgement

You've known, since I've exposed myself to exposure.

واعلم اني ان بعدت بذكركم

يقرني للوجد فيكم تمحضي

And know that if I'm absent in remembering you

My fervor for you leads me to dissolve in you.

وان ما كتمت الحال عن عين ناقد

يراني بعين القلب كالقمر المضي

And if I've hidden how I feel from critical eyes

They see me in the heart like the bright full moon.

وريثما كأسا اهم بشربها

وظلت وختم الكاس ليس بمفضض

As long as I intended to drink a cup

Whose seal remained unbroken,

اراها اذا ما ذقت عاطر خمرها

سروري ولم تسفح حذار محرض

I saw that when I savored its fragrant wine,

It gladdened me without spilling dangerously.

نعم وجليس دام يجلس مجلسا

يسامرني فيه بهيئة مغرض

Yes, and a companion who sits conversing with me,

Engaging me without ulterior motive,

ويا رب في دست المودة قاعد

بغير حفاظ لي فقيل له انهض

By God, seated in friendly fashion

With no restraints, and it was said to him "Arise!"

فيا ذا الرياسات الموفق حامدا

لك القلب لم يبرح فأوف وانقض

So O Leader of great fortune, praised

My heart hasn't ceased to be yours, so fulfill and deliver!

ودم سالما في مظهر العز واستمع

دعاء محب معرض متعرض

And greetings of peace in the guise of honor, so listen

To the prayer of a loving, exposed admirer.

أتُحنا على الدنيا سعيدا مملكا

جمالا نرى اجماله لم يبعّض

You've made the world happy as a blessed kingdom

Whose beauty we see is unmatched,

وفي سدرة الاجلال تجلا بدولة

واحتاج فيها للغني والتركض

And in it you've needed neither wealth nor exertion.

For others an abundant sea of your gifts still flows,

وللغير بحر من عطائك زاخر

يضيع سدى فيما نرى لم يعوض

Wasted on what we see hasn't been compensated.

The waves of your generosity spill onto the table,

تسيل على الخوان موجات لجه

ومالي فيه حسوة المتبرض

While I have no share in it like feigning ascetics.

Do less, pardon me, forgive me, be gentle, have mercy, be patient,

اقل واصطنع واصفح ولن واغتفر وجد

اعن وتكرم واحمل الحمل وانهض

Help me, be generous, bear it, deliver me!

Be affectionate, befriend me, remember friendship, be kind,

تحنن تأود واذكر الود وانعطف

امل وتفضل واحب وانعم وعوض

Hope, bestow favor, love me, bless me, compensate me!

And do not make me need an intercessor, for I do not

ولا تحوجني للشفيع فما ارى

لعبدك عيبا فاستر العيب واغضض

See any fault in Your servant, so veil the fault and turn away!

And my complaint is to my heart, for Your love judges it,

وشكواي من قلبي فحبك حاكم

به ولو ان العمر في الهجر ينقضي

Even if life passes in estrangement.

For there is no one on earth besides You who benefits me.

فما احد في الارض غيرك نافعي

افعل له اخلصني المحبة وامحض

Make me sincere in love and purify me!

For You are, by my life, the spirit of my spirit and my joy,

فانت لعمري روح روحي وسكرتي

وانت كما تهوى مصحي وممرضي

And You are, as You love, my healer and nurturer.

And no one is like me, fortune is wondrous,

ومالك مثلي والحظوظ عجيبة

وأيام هذا الدهر يا بدر تنقضي

And the days of this life, O full moon, pass away.

But where do You see one like me who gives You his soul?

واين ترى مثلي يبيحك روحه

ولكن من يكثر على المرء يدحض

Yet whoever imposes too much on someone, loses him.