ظهرٌ بأَعباءِ الغَرامِ قد انْحَنى

ومُهَيْجَةٌ ذابتْ لأَهلِ المُنْحَنى

A back bent with the burdens of passion,

And a heart melted for the people of yearning,

ووَلوهُ لُبٍّ لا يُبارِحُ ذِكْرَهُمْ

أَبداً وقد أخَذَ التَّلهُّفَ دَيْدَنا

And a mind obsessed with the memory of them,

Forever, and longing has become a habit,

يا عُرْبَ وادي المُنْحَنى بحَياتِكُمْ

حُنُّوا عليَّ فقدْ تَناهَبَني الضَّنى

O Arabs of the valley of longing, with your lives,

Have mercy on me, for grief has assaulted me,

أنتُمْ كما أنتُمْ وإنِّي في الهَوَى

لَهَفاً فَنيتُ بكُمْ وقُمْتُ بلا أَنا

You remain as you are, while I, in passion,

Am consumed by you and stand without an ego,

جذَبَتْ شُؤُني من فُنونِ جَمالِكُمْ

آياتُ أَحكامِ البَقاءِ من الفَنَا

The affairs of your beauty have attracted my being,

Signs of the judgements of eternity over transience,

وتحكَّمَ الوَجْدُ المَلِحُّ بجُمْلَتي

ورأَى فُؤاداً خَالِياً فتمَكَّنا

And ardent love has taken control of my entirety,

And saw an empty heart, so it took possession,

وغَدَوْتُ مَعْروفاً به ومُنَكَّراً

هل شِمْتَ قطُّ مُعَرَّفاً ومُنَوَّنَا

And I became known through it and denied,

Have you ever sensed a known yet denied one?

قَسَماً بزَمْجَرَةِ الغَرامِ وسِرِّ ما

قاساهُ أَربابُ الغَرامِ من العَنَا

I swear by the growling of passion and the secret of what

The people of passion have endured of hardship,

إنِّي على العَهْدِ القَديمِ ولو عَلَتْ

نارُ المَنِيَّةِ تحتَ أَذْيالِ المُنى

I remain on the old pledge even if

The fires of demise rise beneath the robes of wishes,

يا أيُّها الحِبُّ الَّذي رُوحي لهُ

عَرَجَتْ وأَرْغَمَتِ الزَّمانَ وما جَنَى

O you, love, to whom my soul ascended,

And compelled time and what it reaped,

بلَطيفِ شخصٍ من جَمالِكَ قامَ من

بُحْبوحَةِ النُّورِ الصَّميمِ مُكَوَّنَا

With the subtle being of your beauty standing

From the essence of radiant light composed,

برَقيقِ رمزٍ للقُلوبِ نَسَجْتَهُ

فطَوى بها سِرَّ الغُيوبِ مُهَيْمِنَا

With the gentle symbol for hearts you have woven,

Through which you folded the secret of mysteries, sovereign,

وبِطولِ عزْمِكَ مذْ تدلَّى صاعِداً

بمَعارِجِ الإِقْبالِ حتَّى أَنْ دَنَا

And with your strong determination, descending,

On the steps of devotion until nearing,

بلَطائِفِ المعْنى الَّذي أَودَعْتَهُ

ضمنَ الوُجودِ فصارَ مَعْمورَ البِنا

With the subtleties of meaning you have deposited

Within existence, so it became inhabited by structure,

ببَوارِقِ العِزِّ الَّذي هو كِسْوَةٌ

لكَ نِيطَ في مَجلى حَواشيها السَّنَا

With the flashes of might which are your garment,

Edged in the assembly of its margins glory,

وبِباهِرِ الحُسْنِ الَّذي منكَ انْجَلى

جَهْراً فكانَ من الكَواكِبِ أَحْسَنَا

And with the evident beauty that from you shone

Openly, so it became among the stars most excellent,

وبكُلِّ روحٍ في غَرامِكَ هُيِّمَتْ

وبكُلِّ قلبٍ في هَواكَ تَفَنَّنا

And with every soul enamored with you frenzied,

And every heart in your passion spent,

وبكُلِّ عينٍ من هُيامِكَ لم تَذُقْ

وَسَناً وأَجرَتْ من صُدودِكَ أَعْيُنا

And with every eye from your infatuation that has not tasted

Sleep, and directed from your rejection eyes,

بالذَّاهِلينَ الخاشِعينَ تَلَهُّفاً

بالحائِرينَ الذَّائِبينَ تَمَكُّنا

For the heedless ones, humble in yearning,

For the perplexed ones, roaming in possession,

بسَحابِ دمعٍ في الظَّلامِ صَبَبْتُهُ

فوقَ الخُدودِ من الدِّماءِ مُلَوَّنَا

With a cloud of tears in the darkness I poured,

Over the cheeks, from blood varied,

داوِ العَليلَ تَفَضُّلاً وتَكَرُّماً

واشْفِ الغَليلَ تَرَحُّماً وتَحَنُّنا

Treat the ailing one graciously and generously,

And heal the anguished one mercifully and affectionately.