وَطِّدْ فُؤادَكَ كُلُّنا عُشَّاقُ

طارَ الهَوَى فينا لمنْ نَشْتاقُ

Strengthen your heart, we are all lovers

Passion has soared in us for the one we yearn for

أخَذَتْ فُنونُ العِشقِ كلَّ قُلوبِنا

وتَمَكَّنَتْ بِجَميعِها الأحْراقُ

The arts of love have seized all our hearts

And burned them all with passion

نارٌ تَشُبُّ وزَفْرَةٌ لا تَنْطَفي

الله هذا الشَّأنُ كيفَ يُطاقُ

A fire kindles and a blaze that does not extinguish

My God, how can this state be endured?

سَكَنَ الغرامُ القلبَ غيرَ مُزَحْزَحٍ

ومنَ العجائبِ بَيْتُهُ خَفَّاقُ

Love has settled in the heart, unshaken

And the wondrous thing, its home flutters

قَيْدٌ وإطْلاقٌ ببيتٍ واحدٍ

في القلبِ منِّي القَيدُ والإطْلاقُ

Bondage and freedom in one house

In my heart, the bondage and freedom from me

لو شِمْتَنا يومَ الفِراقِ ذَواهلاً

لَرأيتَ كيفَ إلى القٌبورِ نُساقُ

If you had smelled us on the day of parting, bewildered

You would have seen how we are led to the graves

وحَياتِكُمْ يا من لأجلِ عُيونِكُمْ

ها دَمعُ عَيني فائِضٌ رَقْراقُ

And your lives, O you for whose eyes

My tears overflow, streaming down

وجَميلِكُمْ وجَمالِكُمْ ودَلالِكُمْ

وخَيالِكُمْ إذْ للخَيالِ يُساقُ

And your beauty, your grace, your charm

And your image, for which one is led

ولَطيفِ أشرفِ نَظْرَةٍ لوُجوهِكُمْ

هي للفُؤادِ وسَمِّهِ تِرْياقُ

And the gentle, noble glance of your faces

Is for the heart a healing remedy

ما لي بغيرِ جَنابكمْ أملٌ ولو

منهُ تَسَلَّقَ للطِّباقِ نِطاقُ

I have no hope apart from you, even if

It would allow the poor to climb to luxury

وإليَّ يا ظَبيَ النَّقا حَيَّرْتَني

فَلَكُمْ لِقاءٌ مُقْلِقٌ وفِراقُ

And to me, O delicate gazelle, you have confused me

So for you is a disturbing meeting and parting

تلكَ الحَواجبُ والحَواجبُ دونَها

شُغْلي وهذا المَبْسَمُ البَرَّاقُ

Those eyebrows, and the eyebrows below them

Are my preoccupation, and that dazzling smile

عبدٌ ذَليلٌ تَحتَ سِدْرَةِ عِزِّكُمْ

من دَأبِهِ الأحزانُ والإطْراقُ

A humble slave beneath the tree of your glory

Whose habit is sorrow and weeping

أمْضى الزَّمانَ بكم غَريقَ غَرامهِ

فَزَمانُهُ يا سادَتي اسْتِغْراقُ

He spends his time drowned in passion for you

So his time, my masters, is utter absorption

يَبْكي ويَنْدبُ لَهفةً وتَوَلُّهاً

وَيلاهُ كم فَعَلَتْ بهِ الأشواقُ

He weeps and laments, burning with yearning

Woe to him, how the passions have afflicted him

يَرْجوكُمو عَطْفاً عليهِ بِنَظرَةٍ

كَرَماً ولو هو ما لهُ اسْتِحقاقُ

He hopes for kindness from you with a glance

Out of generosity, though he deserves no merit

أخَذ الغرامُ لِسانَهُ فَكَلامُهُ

فيهِ إذا شَرَحَ الهَوَى إغراقُ

Love has seized his tongue, so his words

Are flooded when passion inspires speech

طَلَبَ الطِّرادَ معَ الأحِبَّةِ كُلِّهمْ

ولهُ إذا صارَ الطِّرادُ سِباقُ

He sought seclusion with all his loved ones

And when it comes to seclusion, he races to it

آياتُهُ بكُمُ لَعَمري جَمَّةٌ

ضاقَتْ بِنَقْشِ فُنونِها الأوراقُ

His verses about you, by my life, are abundant

The pages are too narrow for the intricacy of its arts

خُلُقُ الغرامِ جَديدُهُ أخَذَتْ به

للصَّبرِ في دينِ الهَوَى الأخلاقُ

The nature of passion's newness has seized him

In the religion of love, morals have changed

قد قُلْتُمو صَبراً فأُحْكِمَ أمْرُهُ

فيه وهذا الصَّبرُ كيفَ يُذاقُ

You told him to be patient, so he mastered it

Yet how can this patience be tasted?

تَرَكَ الوُجودَ لأجْلِكُمْ فَلَهُ على

هذي الحَوادثِ في الوُجودِ طِلاقُ

He abandoned existence for your sake, so he is

Free in existence from its calamities

فَتَدارَكوهُ بِرَأفَةٍ وتَحَنَّنوا

وتَلَطَّفوا بدَمٍ لديهِ يُراقُ

So save him with mercy, show him compassion

And gentleness, for his blood is spilled

وتَخَلَّقوا لُطْفاً بأخلاقِ الَّذي

أثْنى على أخْلاقِهِ الخَلاَّقُ

And treat him with the morals of Him

Who praised the morals of the Creator