أدِرْ ذِكْرَ مَن أهْوى ولو بمَلامِ

فإنّ أحاديثَ الحَبيبِ مُدامي

Mention the one I love, even if blamed

For the words of the beloved are my wine

ليَشْهَدَ سَمْعِي مَن أُحبُّ وإن نأى

بطَيفِ مَلامٍ لا بطَيفِ مَنام

So my hearing witnesses whom I love though distant

Through the specter of blame, not the specter of dreams

فلي ذِكْرُها يَحلو على كلّ صيغةٍ

وإنْ مَزَجوهُ عُذِّلي بخِصام

Her memory is sweet to me in every aspect

Even if they mix it for me with discord

كأنّ عَذولي بالوِصالِ مُبَشّرِي

وإن كنتُ لم أطمَعْ بِرَدّ سلام

As if my discord brings glad tidings of reunion

Though I do not hope for returned greetings

بِرُوحيَ مَن أتلفْتُ روحي بحُبّها

فحانَ حِمامي قبلَ يومِ حِمامِي

By my soul, the one whose soul I ruined with love

So my affliction preceded my day of affliction

ومن أجلها طاب افتضاحي ولذّ لي اطْ

طِراحي وذُلّي بعد عزّ مَقامي

And for her sake, my disgrace was pleasant and my

Humiliation was pleasing and my loftiness was low

وفيها حلا لي بعْدَ نُسْكِي تهتُّكي

وخَلْعُ عِذاري وارتكابُ أثامي

Through her my devotion after my piety was violated

As was my chastity and my committing of sins

أُصَلّي فأشدو حين أتلو بِذِكْرِهَا

وأطْرَبُ في المحراب وهي إمامي

I pray and recite remembering her

And am ecstatic in the sanctuary and she is my imam

وبالحَج إن أحرَمتُ لبَيّتُ باسْمها

وعنَها أرى الإِمساكَ فِطْرَ صيامي

And if I enter ihram for hajj, I stay in her name

And through her I see abstinence as the fast of my fasts

أروحُ بقلبٍ بالصّبابةِ هائمٍ

وأغْدُو بطَرْفٍ بالكآبة هامِ

I go with a heart infatuated and wandering

And walk with an eye tearful and anxious

وشأني بشأني معرب وبما جرى

جَرَى وانتحابي مُعرِب بِهَيَامي

And my state is an eloquent state and what transpired

Transpired, and my lamenting is eloquent in my dirges

فقلْبي وطَرْفي ذا بمعنى جَمالِها

مُعَنّىً وذا مُغرىً بِلِينِ قَوام

So my heart and my eye are meaningful in her beauty

One infatuated, the other drawn by her soft figure

ونَوميَ مفقود وصُبحي لك البقا

وسُهديَ موجود وشوقيَ نام

My sleep is lost and my morning is yours forever

My wakefulness found and my longing asleep

وعَقدي وعهدي لم يُحَلّ ولم يَحُل

وَوَجْدِيَ وجْدي والغَرام غرامي

My covenant and oath are unbroken and unbreaking

My passion and love are total and complete

يشِفّ عن الأسرارِ جِسْمي من الضّنى

فيَغْدو بها معنىً نُحولُ عظامي

My body reveals from sorrow to become

Through her, bones conveying meaning

طريحُ جَوى حبٍّ جريحُ جوانحٍ

قريحُ جفونٍ بالدّوام دَوَامي

The fallen of the agony of love, the wounded of passions

The sleepless of eyelids, eternally eternal

صريحُ هوًى جارَيْتُ من لُطْفيَ الهَوا

سُحَيْراً فأنفاسُ النّسيمِ لمامي

The truthful of an infatuation which I followed gently

So the breaths of the breeze are my turban

صحيح عليل فاطلبوني مِن الصَّبا

ففيها كما شاء النّحولُ مُقامي

A true invalid, so seek me among the youth

For through them lies my abode as the wasting willed

خَفَيتُ ضَنًى حتى خَفَيتُ عن الضّنى

وعن بُرْءِ أسقامي وبَرْدِ أُوامي

I concealed sorrow until I was hidden from sorrow

And from the cure of my ills and the warmth of my shelter

ولم أَدْرِ من يدري مكاني سوى الهوى

وكِتْمان أسراري ورعي ذِمامي

And none knows my place save love

And the hiding of my secrets and the keeping of my reins

ولم يُبْقِ منّي الحبُّ غيرَ كآبَةٍ

وحُزْنٍ وتبريحٍ وفرْطِ سَقام

And love left me nothing but sadness

And sorrow, lament, and the excess of my ills

فأَمّا غرامي واصطباري وسلوتي

فلم يبقَ لي منهُنَّ غير أسامي

As for my passion, my patience, and my consolation

None remains for me but their marks

لِيَنْجُ خَلِيٌّ من هوايَ بنفسِهِ

سليماً ويا نفس اذْهبي بسَلام

So one sincere is saved through his soul

From his love, and O soul, go in peace

وقال اسْلُ عنها لائمي وهو مُغْرَمٌ

بلَوْمِيَ فيها قلتُ فاسْلُ ملامي

And when my critic in love blamed me for it

I said, then ask my blame about her

بمن أهتدي في الحبّ لو رُمْتُ سَلوَةً

وبي يَقْتَدي في الحبّ كلُّ إمام

By whom am I guided in love if I intend consolation

And by me every imam is emulated in love

وفي كلّ عُضْوٍ فيَّ كُلُّ صَبَابَةٍ

إليها وشَوْقٍ جاذبٍ بزِمَامي

And in each limb I have all the youthfulness

For her, and longing pulling me by the reins

تَثَنَّتْ فخِلْنَا كُلَّ عِطْفٍ تهُزُّه

قَضِيبَ نقاً يَعْلُوهُ بدرُ تَمام

They bent, so we bent every supple one

The whip straightened but still followed by the full moon

ولي كُلّ عُضوٍ فيه كلّ حشاً بها

إذا ما رَنَتْ وقعٌ لكلّ سِهام

And for me each limb contains every love for her

If the striking of an arrow sounds for each arrow

ولو بسطتْ جسْمي رأتْ كلّ جوهرٍ

به كُلّ قلبٍ فيه كُلّ غَرام

And if my body were outstretched, she would see every essence

Containing every heart in which lies every love

وفي وَصْلِهَا عام لدَيّ كلَحْظَةٍ

وساعةُ هِجْرانٍ عَلَيَّ كعامِ

And in her union a year for me is each moment

While an hour of separation is to me like a year

ولمّا تلاقَينا عِشاءً وضمَّنا

سواءُ سبيلَيْ دارِها وخيامي

And when we met by night and embraced

The paths to her abode and my tents were equal

ومِلْنَا كذا شيئاً عن الحيّ حيثُ لا

رقيبٌ ولا واشٍ بِزُورِ كَلام

And we were too shy before the living where no

Watcher or whisperer with false words

فَرَشْتُ لها خدّي وِطاءً على الثّرَى

فقالت لكَ البُشْرَى بلَثْمِ لِثامي

So I laid my cheek down for her as a carpet on the soil

And she said "glad tidings to you" with a kiss of her wrap

فما سَمَحَتْ نفسي بذَلِكَ غَيرَةً

على صَوْنها منّي لِعزّ مرامي

But my soul did not allow that out of jealousy

To protect her from me for the glory of my goal

وبِتْنَا كما شاء اقتراحي على المُنى

أَرَى المُلْكَ مُلْكِي والزمانَ غلامي

And we remained as my suggestion desired, hoping for union

I see the kingdom as my kingdom and the time as my lad.