هيْهَات أَنْ أَسْلوَ أَوْ أَنْسَى

مَنْ كَان طِيبَ العيْسِ وَالأُنْسَا

Alas! I can neither forget nor give up

The one whose company was pleasant and delightful,

ذَاكَ الَّذِي أَسْكنْتُهُ مُهْجَتِي

وَكَانَ بَدْرَ العَيْنِ وَالشمْسَا

He who dwelt in the depths of my soul

And was the full moon and sun to my eyes.

أَهْوَى الَّذِي يَهْوَى وَأَقْلَى الَّذِي

يَقْلَى وَأُرْسِى حَيْثُمَا أَرْسَى

I love him who loves me, I meet whom I meet,

I alight wherever he alights.

عَامَانِ مَرَّا بِي وَتَاللّهِ مَا

عِشْتهُمَا مَعْنىً ولاَ حِسا

Two years passed while I was with him, by God

I lived not their meaning nor felt their pleasure,

نفْسَانِ لَكِنَّهمَا كَانَتَا

فِي كُلِّ مَا يُرْضِي العُلَى نفْسا

Only our souls, which were in everything

That satisfies the Sublime Soul.

لَمْ تَدعَا زَيْناً وَلَمْ تُزْمِعَا

شَيْئاً وَلَمْ تَنْتَجِعَا رِجْسَا

They left no allure unadorned, gathered

No filth, retrieved no wickedness.

اللّهَ فِي عَهدِكَ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ

أَضْحَى عَلَى العَهْدِ كَمَا أَمْسَى

By God, in your covenant, O best of those

Who have been true to their word at eventide!

اللّهَ فِي بَأْسِكِ يا مَنْ بِمَا

أَمْضَاهُ عَدْلاً شَرَّفَ الْبَأْسَا

By God, in your might, O you who by your

Decree has ennobled might!

اللّهَ فِي حِلْمِكَ يَا مَنْ بِهِ

أَلاَنَ قَلْبَ الأَصْلَدِ الأَقْسَى

By God, in your clemency, O you who by it

Has softened the rugged, flinty heart!

اللّهَ فِي جَوْدِكَ يَا مَنْ سَخَا

فَلَمْ يَذَرْ فِي جَوِّهِ بُؤْسَا

By God, in your generosity, O you who freely gave

And left no need in his generosity!

لَوْلاَ عُفَاةٌ جَهَرُوا بِالَّذِي

كَتَمْتَ لَمْ نَسْمَعْ لَهُ جَرَسَا

Had it not been for some loudmouths who disclosed

What you concealed, we'd not have heard a peep.

جَرَحْتَ قلْبِي آخِذاً شَطْرَهُ

فَالجُرْحُ فِي بَاقِيهِ لاَ يُؤْسَى

You have wounded my heart, taking its moiety,

So the wound in the rest cannot be healed.

عَلَيْكَ يُبْكَى يَا أَمِيرَ النَّدَى

علَيْكَ يا زَيْنَ الحِمَى يُؤْسَى

For you tears are shed, O Prince of Dew,

For you, O Pride of the Sanctuary, tears flow.

كنْتَ لَهُ طالِعَ سَعْدٍ فَإِذْ

غِبْتَ غَدَا طَالِعُهُ نَحْسَا

You were to him a rising star of fortune, but when

You departed his rising star turned to ill luck.

لِيَهْنِيءِ الأَمْلاَكَ فِي خُلْدِهِمْ

مَنْ بِنَوَاهُ أَوْحَشَ الإِنْسَا

To gladden the angels in their eternity

With one whose loss has saddened mankind.