عَلَيكِ سَلامُ الله أفْرَطْتِ يا مَيُّ

فقَدْ طَعَنَ العُشَّاقَ منكِ الرُّدَيْنِيُّ

God's peace upon you, O Mayya, you have gone too far

For the passionate have been stabbed by your refusal

تَمايَلَ منهمْ واجِفاً كُلُّ فارسٍ

ولَذَّ لهمْ في حُبِّكَ النَّشْرُ والطَّيُّ

Each knight sways unsteadily from it

And your love brings them delight and misery

بِحَقِّ الهَوى عَطفاً عَليهِمْ فَكُلُّهُمْ

لأجلكِ من حُكْمِ النَّوى مَيِّتٌ حَيُّ

Have mercy on them, in love's name, they are all

For your sake, alive yet dead by fate's decree

لهُمْ كُلُّ قلبٍ قد تَقَلَّب َبالغَضا

فَها هو بالجَمرِ المُؤَجَّجِ مَشْوِيُّ

Their hearts tossed and turned in sadness

Now roasted by fiery coals, burnt through

يَرومُ وِصالاً منكِ يا ريمَةَ اللِّوى

فَيَغْدو ومنهُ اللُّبُّ بالنَّبْلِ مَرْمِيُّ

They long for union with you, O swaying branch

Awakening miserable, their hearts pierced by arrows

لقد ذابَ فيكِ العاشِقونَ تَوَلُّهاً

فما لهُمُ يا مَيُّ إن وَقَفوا فَيُّ

For you the lovers melted away in crazed desire

What hope have they, O Mayya, if they stand still?

تَحَجَّبْتِ عنهمْ بالذَّوائِبِ فانْبَروا

وقد عَمَّهُمْ من لَيلِ سابِحِها غَيُّ

You veiled yourself from them with waving tresses

As the night's swimmer surrounds them with darkness

لِوَجدِكِ جِزءٌ في زَوايا قُلوبِهِمْ

لهُ مَوْكبٌ من عَسكَرِ العِشْقِ كُلِّيُّ

A part of you resides in the corners of their hearts

Guarded by an army of total, maddening love

قدِ اجْتَمَعَ الضِدَّانِ منكِ بِسِرِّهمْ

فَذا الوقْتُ مَرْئِيٌّ وذا القَصْدُ مَخْفِيُّ

The opposites united in you with their secret ways

One aim visible, the other hidden from sight

ومن عَجَبٍ والعِشْقُ فيهِ عَجائِبٌ

غَرامُكَ شَرْقِيُّ الوُلوعِ وغَرْبِيُّ

And how wondrous, love has its wonders

Your passion Eastern in its fervor, yet Western

هو الحُبُّ مَوتٌ ظاهرٌ فيه باطنٌ

من الشَّوقِ حَتْمٌ في التَّوَلُّهِ مَقْضِيُّ

Love is evident death, with hidden depths

Fated misery in crazed desire is sealed

تَظاهَرَ فَرْعِيًّا بِحامِلِ نارهِ

ولَكنَّهُ في طينَةِ القَلبِ أصْلِيُّ

He pretends to be reasonable, though fire burns inside

But in his heart of hearts, desire rules supreme

ألا فارْحَمي العُشَّاقَ ذابوا وأُحْرِقوا

عَليكِ سَلامُ اللهِ أفْرَطْتِ يا مَيُّ

Have mercy, for the lovers melt and burn

God's peace upon you, O Mayya, you have gone too far