يا حُبَّ إِنَّ دَواءَ الحُبِّ مَفقودُ
إِلّا لَدَيكِ فَهَل ما رُمتُ مَوجودُ
O Love, the remedy for love is lost
Except with you, so is what I wish for found?
قالَت عَلَيكَ بِمَن تَهوى فَقُلتُ لَها
يا حُبَّ فوكِ الهَوى وَالعَينُ وَالجيدُ
She said "who do you love?" I said "For her love
My eyes, forehead, and hands are bound."
لا تَلعَبي بِحَياتي وَاِقطَعي أَمَلي
صَبراً عَلى المَوتِ إِنَّ المَوتَ مَورودُ
Don't play with my life or cut off my hope
With patience for death, for death is fated.
رُؤياكِ تَدعو المَنايا قَبلَ مَوقِتِها
وَإِن تُنيلي فَنَيلٌ مِنكِ مَخلودُ
Your dream calls death before its time
And if you grant me, your grant is everlasting.
أَنتِ الأَميرَةُ في روحي وَفي جَسَدي
فَاِبري وَريشي بِكَفَّيكِ الأَقاليدُ
You're the princess of my soul and body
So correct my feathers with your gentle hands.
لا تَسبِقي بي حِمامَ المَوتِ وَاِنتَظِري
يَوماً كَأَن قَد طَوَتني البيضُ وَالسودُ
Don't hasten me to the pigeons of death, and wait
A day when I'm enveloped in white and black.
قَد لامَني فيكِ أَقوامٌ فَقُلتُ لَهُم
ما ذَنبُ مَن قَلبُهُ حَرّانُ مَجهودُ
Some people blamed me for you, so I said
What's the fault of one whose heart is burning, exhausted?
ما كُنتُ أَوَّلَ مَجنونٍ بِجارِيَةٍ
تَسَفَّهَت لُبَّهُ وَالمَرءُ صِنديدُ
I wasn't the first madman for a girl
Who made his heart foolish; man is stubborn.
أَغرى بِهِ اللَومَ أُذنٌ غَيرُ سامِعَةٍ
وَأَحوَرُ العَينِ في سِمطَينِ رِعديدُ
Blame falls on deaf ears unhearing
While the eye of the critic is clouded in tears.
أَحبَبتُ حُبّى وَما حُبّى بِمُطَّلَبي
مَن لَيسَ لي عِندَهُ إِلّا الجَلاميدُ
I loved my love, though she didn't love me
For her I have only words, no deeds.
بِئسَ العَطِيَّةُ مِن حُبّى لَنا حَجَرٌ
بَل لَيسَ لي حَجَرٌ مِنها وَلا عودُ
A poor gift she has given me, a stone -
No, she hasn't given me even a stick or firewood.
تَغدو ثَقالاً وَتُمسي في مَجاسِدِها
كَأَنَّها صَنَمٌ في الحَيِّ مَعبودُ
She wakes heavily and sleeps lazily
As if she's an idol among the living, worshipped.
نامَت وَلَم أَلقَ نَوماً بَعدَ رُؤيَتِها
وَهَل يَنامُ سَخينُ العَينِ مَعمودُ
She slept and I couldn't sleep after seeing her
Does the fiery-eyed ever sleep content?
يا حُسنَ حُبّى إِذا قامَت لِجارَتِها
وَفي الرَواحِ هَضيمُ الكَشحِ أُملودُ
O beauty of my love, when she stood before her neighbor
The slender-waisted sways gently bent.
كَأَنَّها لَذَّةُ الفِتيانِ موفِيَةً
وَسَكرَةُ المَوتِ إِن لَم يوفَ مَوعودُ
As if she's the pleasure of youth, loyal
And the intoxication of death, if the promised is not kept.
تُؤتيكَ ما شِئتَ مِن عَهدٍ وَمِن عِدَةٍ
فَالوَعدُ دانٍ وَبابُ النَيلِ مَسدودُ
You give what you wish of vows and numbers
But the promise is close and the door of attainment shut.
قَد صَرَّدَت هامَتي حُبّى بِبَخلَتِها
ما خَيرُ عَيشِ الفَتى وَالكَأسُ تَصريدُ
My love's stinginess has made my resolve collapse
Of what good is the life of a youth whose cup is empty?
إِنّي لَأَحسُدُ مَولوداً مَشى قَدَماً
وَبي مِنَ الداءِ ما لَم يَلقَ مَولودُ
I envy the newborn who walked step by step
While I have a disease that no newborn has found.
أَرى الإِزارَ عَلى حُبّى فَأَحسُدُهُ
إِنَّ الإِزارَ عَلى ما ضَمَّ مَحسودُ
I see the waist-wrap on my love, and envy it
The waist-wrap envelops what is envied.
يا دامَ كُنتِ لِحاجاتي وَصاحِبَتي
حَتّى اِشتَكَيتُ وَغالَ النَومَ تَسهيدُ
O friend of my needs and companion
Until I complained and sleep was disturbed.
قولي لِحُبّى فَقَد أَحبَبتُ رُؤيَتَها
لَو كانَ لي مِنكِ تَقريبٌ وَتَبعيدُ
Tell my love I have loved to see her
If I had any way to bring her close or push away.
قَرَّت بِكِ العَينُ أَو بِتنا عَلى طَمَعٍ
مِنَ النَوالِ وَطابَ اللَهوُ وَالغيدُ
My eye settled upon you, hoping
For intimacy and the sweetness of dalliance.
لا خَيرَ في عِدَةٍ لَيسَت بِمُنجَزَةٍ
فَأَنجِزي الوَعدَ إِنَّ الجودَ مَحمودُ
No good in a number that is not fulfilled
So fulfill the promise, generosity is praiseworthy.
لَيسَ المُحِبُّ كَكَمّونٍ بِمَزرَعَةٍ
إِن فاتَهُ الماءُ أَغنَتهُ المَواعيدُ
The lover isn't like a farmer with a plantation
If he misses the water, the promises enrich him.
إِن لَم تَجودي بِمَوعودٍ فَلا تَعِدي
ما أَقبَحَ الوَعدَ حَتّى زانَهُ الجودُ
If you don't grant with a promise, then don't promise
How ugly a promise until generosity adorns it.
سَأَلتُ حُبّى فَما عادَت عَلى رَجُلٍ
لِسانُهُ عَن سُؤالِ الناسِ مَعقودُ
I asked my love but she didn't return to a man
Whose tongue from asking people is bound.
كَأَنَّهُ يَتَّقي الحَيّاتِ فاغِرَةً
لا بَل كَأَنّي عَنِ المَعروفِ مَجدودُ
It's as if she fears snakes lying in wait
No, it's as if I'm forbidden from goodness.
وَالحُرُّ يُعطيكَ عَفواً مِن فَواضِلِهِ
قَبلَ السُؤالِ وَسَيبُ العَبدِ مَنكودُ
The free give you pardon from their excellence
Before asking, while the slave is driven away.
