يا حُبَّ طالَ تَمَنّينا زِيارَتَكُم
وَأَنتُمُ الجيرَةُ الأَدنَونَ في البَلَدِ
O Love! Long have we yearned to visit you
Though you are the closest neighbors in this land
أَدوَيتِني وَدَواءُ الحُبِّ عِندَكُمُ
لَو كُنتِ تَشفينَني مِن داخِلِ الكَمَدِ
You have made me ill, and with you lies the cure
If you would heal me from deep within my bones
لا يَعدِلُ الحُبَّ عِندي لَو بَذَلتِ لَنا
ما يَجمَعُ الناسُ مِن مالٍ وَمِن وَلَدِ
Love is beyond price, though you grant me
All that people accumulate of wealth and children
أَرجو نَوالَكِ في يَومي فَيُخلِفُني
وَفي غَدٍ قَد أَرَجّيهِ وَبَعدَ غَدِ
I hope for your gift each day, leaving me
Tomorrow and the day after still hoping
وَأَنتِ عَمّا أُلاقي فيكِ لاهِيَةٌ
بِالعِطرِ وَالمَلبَسِ القَزِّيِّ وَالسَبَدِ
While you distract me with perfume
And fabric of Brocade and Braid
أَبيتُ أَرمَدَ ما لَم أَكتَحِل بِكُمُ
وَفي اِكتِحالٍ بِكُم شافٍ مِنَ الرَمَدِ
I refuse to weep unless with you I adorn my eyes
For in adorning them with you, my weeping is cured
وَكُلُّ حِبٍّ سَيَستَشفي بِحِبَّتِهِ
ساقَت إِلى الغَيِّ أَو ساقَت إِلى الرَشَدِ
And every love will heal with their beloved
Whether she leads to ruin or the right path
إِنّي وَعَيشِكِ يا عَبّادَ فَاِستَمِعي
لَو أَبتَغي فَوقَ هَذا الحُبِّ لَم أَزِدِ
I swear by your life, listen to me Abad
If I sought more than this love, I would gain nothing
كَأَنَّ قَلبي إِذا ذِكراكُمُ عَرَضَت
مِن سِحرِ هاروتَ أَو ماروتَ في عُقَدِ
When you are remembered it's as if my heart
Is bewitched by Harut or Marut's sorcery
ما هَبَّتِ الريحُ مِن تِلقاءِ أَرضِكُمُ
إِلّا وَجَدتُ لَها بَرداً عَلى الكَبِدِ
No breeze has blown from your land
Without cooling my burning liver
وَلا تَيَمَّمتُ أُخرى أَستَسِرُّ بِها
إِلّا وَجَدتُ خَيالاً مِنكِ بِالرَصَدِ
When I peek at another, I still see
A specter of you keeping watch
فَهَل لِهَذا جَزاءٌ مِن مَوَدَّتِكُم
مُرَوَّعَ القَلبِ بِالأَحزانِ وَالسَهَدِ
Is this not worthy of some affection from you
My heart startled with grief and wakefulness?
يَروقُ قَلبي وَتَزدادينَ لي غِلَظاً
ما ذاكَ فيما أُرَجّي مِنكِ بِالسَدَدِ
It would gladden my heart and you'd grow dearer
If what I hope from you comes true
تَحَرَّجي بِالهَوى إِن كُنتِ مُؤمِنَةً
بِاللَهِ أَن تَقتُلي نَفساً بِلا قَوَدِ
Shy away from love if you are a believer
That you would kill a soul without just cause
إِن كُنتِ تَخشَينَ شِركاً في مَوَدَّتِكُم
فَقَد تَثَبَّتَ بَينَ الروحِ وَالجَسَدِ
If you fear sharing your love with another
Know it is secured between soul and body
