عَينُ حِبّي أُعيذُها بِاللَهِ
ما أَوقَعَني في عِشقِه إِلّا هي
My love's eyes, I seek refuge for them in Allah
It was nothing but them that made me fall in love
مُذ قاطَعَني وَصَدَّ عَنّي لاهي
أَجرى عَبرَتي وَأَذكى زَفرَتي
Since he turned away from me and distracted me in play
My tears have streamed and my sighs kindled
أَمسَيتُ وَطيبُ النَومِ
عَن أَجفاني فاني
I become sleepless at night
While sleep flees my eyes
لَمّا تَجافاني
أَرعى النُجوم
Since he turned away from me
I stay up counting stars
أَهوى قَمَراً هَوَيتُ عَينَيهُ وَفاه
ما أَكثَرَ حُسنَهُ وَإِن قَلَّ وَفاه
I yearn for a moon, craving his eyes and mouth
However plentiful his beauty, though his loyalty was scarce
وَالعاذِلُ يُغري فيهِ إِن لامَ وَفاهُ
أَمسى في ضِرامٍ مِن نارِ الغَرام
The critic is tempted to blame him, if he finds fault in his loyalty
I have ended up intensely burning in the fire of passion
إِن كانَ عَذولي الَّذي
أَغراني رَآني
If my reproacher, who seduced me
When he saw me
في حَرِّ نيرانِ
لِمَ ذا يَلوم
In the heat of fire, why does he blame me
When love brandished its glances like swords
لَمّا شَهَرَ الحُبُّ مِنَ اللَحظِ نِصالِ
أَكثَرتُ عِتابَه وَقَد صَدَّ وِصالِ
I reproached him more, though he had turned away
How gently he spoke without even meeting me
كَي أَنعَمَ بِالكَلامِ مِن غَيرِ وِصالِ
ناجى بِالكَلامِ مِن بَعدِ السَلامِ
He conversed so sweetly after greeting me
If my beloved, when confiding in me,
لَو لَم يَكُن الحَبيبُ
إِذ ناجاني جاني
Had not saved me with union
From one with worries
بِالوَصلِ نَجّاني
مِن ذي الهُموم
Oh you by whose love I became a prisoner of love
Lost, bound for the paths of humiliation
يا مَن بِهَواهُ صِرتُ في الحُبِّ أَسير
حَيرانَ إِلى مَسالِكِ الذُلِّ أَسير
By God, I see freeing myself from you is hard
If I attempted to turn away from this beauty
وَاللَهِ أَرى تَخَلُّصي مِنكَ عَسير
لَو رُمتُ اِنتِقالي عَن هَذا الجَمال
I would not be, if I were
Distant from companions, loving them
ما كانَ إِذا كُنتُ
عَنِ الإِخوانِ واني
And sought to console myself
Have an excuse
وَرُمتُ سُلواني
عُذري يَقوم
If I became sick from loving none but you
Not desiring anyone else in creation but you
لَو صِرتُ مِنَ السَقامِ في زِيِّ سِواك
لا أَعشَقُ دونَ سائِرِالخَلقِ سِواك
By God, I see ridding myself of your love is hard
I would be called among the people one of poor faith
لا كُنتُ إِن اِنثَنَيتُ عَن دينِ هَواك
أُدعى في الأَنامِ مِن أَهلِ الذِمامِ
Rather, by it, if I was
A worshipper of God the Greatest
بَل كُنتُ بِها لِعابِدِ الأَو
ثانِ ثاني
If the Second turned me away
From what I hope for
إِن صَدَّني ثانِ
عَمّا أَروم
