صَيَّرتِني غايَةَ العُشّاقِ كُلِّهِمِ

صَيَّرتِني غايَةَ العُشّاقِ كُلِّهِمِ

فَكُلُّهُم يَتَأَسّى بي إِذا هُجِرا

فَكُلُّهُم يَتَأَسّى بي إِذا هُجِرا

You have made me the ultimate example for all lovers;

You have made me the ultimate lover of them all

So each takes solace in me when forsaken.

So they all grieve for me when we are parted

لا أَذكُرُ الدَهرَ يَوماً مِنكَ أَبهَجَني

لا أَذكُرُ الدَهرَ يَوماً مِنكَ أَبهَجَني

وَالدَهرُ يَبعَثُ مِنّي الحُزنَ وَالعِبَرا

وَالدَهرُ يَبعَثُ مِنّي الحُزنَ وَالعِبَرا

I recall no day, in all my life, when you brought me joy;

Never do I remember a day you made joyous for me

And time draws sorrow and tears from me.

While time evokes in me sorrow and tears

مَلَأتَ عَينِ فَما تَسمو إِلى أَحَدٍ

مَلَأتَ عَينِ فَما تَسمو إِلى أَحَدٍ

وَقَد أَحَبَّكَ قَلبي فَوقَ ما قَدَرا

وَقَد أَحَبَّكَ قَلبي فَوقَ ما قَدَرا

You have filled my eye, so it rises toward no one else;

You filled my eye, so it looks to no other

And my heart has loved you beyond its capacity.

My heart loved you beyond what was fated

طَرفي يُحَسِّنُ لي شَخصاً أَضَرَّ بِهِ

طَرفي يُحَسِّنُ لي شَخصاً أَضَرَّ بِهِ

كَأَنَّ طَرفي عَدوّي كُلَّما نَظَرا

كَأَنَّ طَرفي عَدوّي كُلَّما نَظَرا

My gaze makes someone who has harmed it seem beautiful to me;

My gaze beautifies for me one who has hurt me

As though my gaze were my enemy whenever it looks.

As if my gaze were my enemy whenever it looked

لَو كانَ يَسعَدُ إِنسانٌ بِصِدقِ هَوىً

لَو كانَ يَسعَدُ إِنسانٌ بِصِدقِ هَوىً

كُنتُ السَعيدَ الَّذي لَم يُمسِ مُحتَقَرا

كُنتُ السَعيدَ الَّذي لَم يُمسِ مُحتَقَرا

If anyone could be happy through sincere love,

If a person could find happiness in true passion

I would be the happy one who was never despised.

I would be the happy one never touched by contempt