أشكو له منه مهجتي

حبستها وقفا أترضى الخرابا

I complain to him about him, my love for him

Imprisoned me, standing still, would you be pleased with ruin?

إن كنت لا ترضاه لمن أشكو

أبحت دمي حتى كان لي خطابا

If you would not be pleased with it, to whom shall I complain?

I shed my blood until I had an address

إن كنت ترضى قتلي فمن أفتى

بسفك دم شرعا فقلبي شابا

If you would be pleased with killing me, who gave the verdict

To legally shed blood? So my heart was youthful

وهلا جعلت القتل جورا بو

صل ودام الوصل واقتربا

Why did you not make killing unjust, but

Reconcile, and let the bond continue and come closer

مهما ذهلت عنه عجبا به

تمثل لك في كل مرمى كتابا

No matter how I was amazed by him

He appears to you in every target, a book

يا مالك القلب كن شافعي

فإني حنفي أتيت العجابا

O owner of my heart, be my intercessor

For I am Hanafi, I have come with wonders

توحدت في حبي فما لي سواه

وظن بوصل الحسن المستطابا

I became solitary in my love, so I have no one but him

And I thought the beautiful perfume would join

يا ليت من أفتاك بالصد برهة

ولغيري بالود ولسنا اكتئابا

Oh, if only the one who advised you to be cold for a moment

And affectionate to others, we would not be gloomy

فإني له أهل وبه زعيم

سلطان عشق منيته رضايا

For I am his family, and through him a leader

A sultan of love I wished his approval

أهل الهوى جندي وإني رئيسهم

وأنت مليك الحسن تبكي السحابا

The people of love are my soldiers, and I am their leader

And you are the king of beauty, the clouds cry to you

يا ما أمر العشق بوصله

وهجره والجسم منى قد ذابا

Oh, how many times love ordered me to join him

And leave him, and my body from me has melted

يا ما أمر العشق يميتني

ما لا يعد اجتهاد ما أصابا

Oh, how many times love ordered me to die

Uncountable attempts, what has been attained

فهل إلى خروج من سبيل

يا ليتني قد كنت ترابا

Is there any way out from the captivity?

Oh, if only I were dust

من لي بأن ترضى طرحي على

أطلال من يهوى أيرجو جوابا

Who can make you pleased to cast me upon

The ruins of one who loves, do I hope for an answer?

فرغت كوني مني مخلصا

لعلي بها أخلو وتجلو النقابا

I became free of myself, devoted

Perhaps through it I will be alone and the veil will be lifted

قد دك طوري لما خر موسى

صعقا ولا موسى وكان سرابا

My passion collapsed when Moses fell down

Unconscious, and Moses was a mirage