لَيلُ الهَوى يَقظان
وَالحُبُّ تِربُ السَهَرِ
The night of passion is sleepless,
And love is the soil of vigilance,
وَالصَبرُ لي خَوّان
وَالنَومُ مِن عَيني بَري
And patience has betrayed me,
And sleep has fled from my eyes.
يا يارَوضَةَ الأُنسِ
رَوضُ المُنى مِنكَ جَديب
O garden of intimacy,
The meadow of wishes is barren without you.
لَولاكَ لَم أُمسِ
في الدارِ وَالأَهلِ غَريب
If not for you,
I would be a stranger among my people and home.
رِضاكَ لِلنَفسِ
مِثلُ الصِبا لِذي المَشيب
Your approval is to the soul
Like youth to the elderly,
وَالماءِ لِلَّهفان
وَاليُسرِ عِندَ المُعسِرِ
And water to the thirsty,
And ease to the afflicted.
وَجَنَّةِ الرِضوان
بَعدَ العَذابِ الأَكبَرِ
And the Garden of Ridwan,
After the Greatest Tribulation.
يا مُبطِلاً عَنوَه
أَعذارَ مَن لَم يَعشَقِ
O you who deny the excuses
Of those who have not fallen in love,
يا مُظهِرَ الشَقوَه
حَسناءَ في عَينِ الشَقي
O you who show deprivation
As beautiful in the eyes of the wretched.
يا ناصِرَ الصَبوَه
عَلى تُقى كُلِّ تَقي
O supporter of passions
Over the piety of every devout.
يا حُجَّةَ الأَشجان
عَلى السُلُوِّ المُدبِرِ
O proof of the lovers
Against the retiring introvert.
يا شَرَكَ الأَذهان
يا قَيدَ عَينِ المُبصِرِ
O partner of minds,
O shackle in the eye of the beholder.
يَسومُني مَقلوب
بِسَومِ ما يَسبي القُلوب
He has marked me with reversed marks,
With the marks that captivate hearts,
ذاكَ اللَمى المَطلوب
لا ما اِدَّعى صَبرُ الكَذوب
That coveted blemish,
Not what the patience of liars claimed.
يا ظالِماً مَحبوب
مُذنِباً حُلوَ الذُنوب
O unjustly beloved one,
Offender made sweet through offenses.
عابوكَ بِالبُهتان
فَخاب سَعيُ المُفتَري
They slandered you with falsehood,
So failed the effort of the slanderer.
هَل يَقبَلُ الظَمآن
عَيباً لِماءِ الكَوثَرِ
Would the thirsty one
Find fault with the water of Al-Kawthar?
عَينيَ مِن بَعدِهِ
أَصوبُ ماءَ الدَمعِ عَين
After him, my eyes
More rightly pour the water of tears.
عُوِّضتُ مِن بُعدِهِ
بِالبَدرِ رَعيَ الفَرقَدَين
After him, I was compensated
With the full moon grazing the two Pleiades.
أَتَت عَلى عَبدِهِ
في وَصلِهِ لا شَكَّ عَين
Certainty has come upon His servant
In his union without a doubt.
إِذ تيهُهُ كَسلان
وَالعَيشُ طَلقُ المَنظَرِ
When his bewilderment was without effort
And living was easy on the eyes,
وَصَدُّهُ وَسنان
وَهَجرُهُ لَم يَشعُرِ
And his rejection and enmity
And his abandonment went unnoticed.
هِلالُ إِشراقِ
غُصنُ نَقا وَمِسكُ شَم
The crescent of brilliance,
The branch of softness and the musk of price,
نَعيمُ أَحداقِ
شَقاوَةٌ بُرءُ سَقَم
The bliss of cheeks,
A wretchedness cured of illness.
مُبيحُ أَشواقِ
فَنارُها عَلى عَلَم
Permitter of passions,
Its fire raised on a flag.
ياصاحِبَ الدُكّان
نَهواكَ وَقَد شاع خَبَري
O owner of the shop,
They warned you though my news has spread.
واشٍ يَنفَعُ الكِتمان
عَطّارُ تَعامَل بِالمَري
It avails the secret-keeper nothing,
The perfumer who traded openly.
