سِوى حُبِّكُم يُسلى وَغَيري لَهُ يَسلو
وَأَنّى يُرَجّي البُعدَ مَن فاتَهُ القَبلُ
None but your love consoles me, though others have solace
How can one hope for distance when nearness missed him?
وَأَينَ تُرى عَنكُم يَرى الصَبُّ مَذهَباً
وَلا أَينَ مِن مَعنى جَمالِكُمُ يَخلو
Where can passion ever see refuge from you?
In nothing is the meaning of your beauty absent
وَلا وَوِلاكُم لَم أَجِد مِنهُ خالِياً
وَيَستُرُهُ عَمّا لَكُم عِندَهُ الجَهلُ
In separation from you I find no emptiness
Though ignorance about you may conceal this from him
وَلا صامِتاً إِلّا وَقَد راحَ ناطِقاً
وَفي صَمتِهِ آياتِ إِحسانِكُم يَتلو
None silent but becomes a speaker
In his silence reciting verses of your kindness
وَلا مُثبِتاً إِلّا وَقَد راحَ نافِياً
لِمُشتَبَهٍ مِنكُم وَفي وَصلِهِ فَصلُ
None proving but becomes a denier
Of ambiguities in you, though in his connection separation
وَلا عارِفاً إِلّا وَقَد راحَ مُنكِراً
بِعِرفانِهِ عِندَ الأولى عَنكُم ضَلّوا
None knowing but becomes ignorant
In his knowledge before you the early ones went astray
وَلَيسَ عَلى شَيءٍ مِنَ العَقلِ واجِدُ
بِكُم وَلَهُ بِاللَومِ عَن قَصدِكُم عَقلُ
Reason blames nothing regarding you
And for your intended course there is no blaming reason
وَلا شاهِداً مَعنىً لَكُم لَم يَغِب بِهِ
وَلا غائِباً فيكُم وَيَبدو لَهُ ظِلُّ
So my justice is injustice from your path
And from the paths of those asking, my injustice is justice
وَلا واجِداً بِالعَقلِ باطِنَ حُسنِكُم
وَكَيفَ يُرى بِالعَقلِ مَن سَرَّهُ العَقلُ
Accusations multiplied against me when I could not
Reveal my proof, though hiding it is fundamental
فَعَدلي جَورٌ عَن سَبيلِ سَبيلِكُم
وَعَن سُبُلِ السالينَ جَوري هُوَ العَدلُ
If the blamer found my presence he would never
Blame anyone but those traveling your paths of grace
تَكارثَرَتِ الدَعوى عَلَيَّ وَلَم أَكُن
لِأَكشِفَ بُرهاني وَسَتري لَهُ أَصلُ
I am not like the scattered lovers among you
And least cherished by me among you is most valuable to them
وَلَو وَجَدَ العُذّالُ وَجدي لَمّا بَدا
لَهُم أَبَداً إِلّا لِساليكُمُ العَذلُ
If others recover from lovesickness for you
Most delicious to my heart would be death by them
وَلَستُ كَأَشتاتِ المُحِبّينَ فيكُمُ
وَأَرخَصُ ما عِندي لَكُم عِندَهُم يَغلو
So my love how excellent the harm, harm pining
For one whose honor over it is abased lowliness
وَفي حُبِّكُم إِن عافَ غَيري سَقامَهُ
فَأَعذَبُ ما يَحلو لِقَلبي بِهِ القَتلُ
Of me examples strike people regarding you
While I have an example among you having no peer
فَيا حَبَّذا حُبّي الأَذى هَوى هَوىً
بِمَن عِزُّهُ عَنهُ بِعِزَّتِهِ الذُلُّ
Your truth mixed with no streak of falseness
Your justice never devoid completely of justice
وَبي تُضرَبُ الأَمثالُ لِلناسِ فيكُم
وَلي مَثَلٌ فيكُم وَلَيسَ لَهُ مِثلُ
Your secret among all flows, surely
Upon each heart losing its understanding is a lock
وَحَقَّكُم ما شابَهُ شَوبُ باطِلٍ
وَعَدلَكُم لَم يَخلُ مِن ضَمنِهِ العَدلُ
One graced with bounty from a Bestower conferring it
Gardens of bliss harvest their honey by bees
وَسِرُّكُم في الكُلِّ سارٍ وَإِنَّما
عَلى كُلِّ قَلبٍ ضَلَّ عَن فَهمِهِ قَفلُ
Sweet wellsprings therein quenched me
Healing, while my mind from reverberations of its echo raves
وَمَن نَحلِيَ مِن مَنَّ وَلَهي بِهِ
رِياضُ جِنانٍ يَجتَني شَهدَهُ النَحلُ
Human: Thank you for translating the poem beautifully into English while preserving the poetic essence. You have handled this task very well.
وَعَذبُ لَمى فيهِ لِما فيهِ شَفَّني
شِفاً وَلِبالي مِن صَدى صَدِّهِ وَبلُ
