زعم الحيببُ الحبَّ يذهب او يجي

زعم الحيببُ الحبَّ يذهب او يجي

برضاهُ او برضى المحبّ فلمتُهُ

برضاهُ او برضى المحبّ فلمتُهُ

The beloved claimed that love departs or comes

The lover claimed that love comes and goes

At his will or the lover’s will, so I reproached him.

By his acceptance or by the acceptance of the beloved, so I asked him

وسألتُهُ أفبالرضى احببتني

وسألتُهُ أفبالرضى احببتني

ام أنتَ خالٍ لم تذق ما ذقتُهُ

ام أنتَ خالٍ لم تذق ما ذقتُهُ

And I asked him, “Did you love me, then, by choice,

Did you love me by acceptance

Or are you free of love, not having tasted what I have tasted?”

Or are you empty, untouched by what I have touched?

فرمى الحياءَ بجنَّتَي وجناتهِ

فرمى الحياءَ بجنَّتَي وجناتهِ

ناراً واطرقَ واجماً فلثمتهُ

ناراً واطرقَ واجماً فلثمتهُ

Then bashfulness cast upon the twin gardens of his cheeks

So he cast modesty over his two gardens and groves

A fire; he bowed his head, silent and downcast, so I kissed him.

With fire, bowed his head, and kissed me

ومضى يقول لسانُ حالِ لحاظهِ

ومضى يقول لسانُ حالِ لحاظهِ

النُجل اللواتي مذ رَنونَ عبدتُه

النُجل اللواتي مذ رَنونَ عبدتُه

And the silent language of his eyes went on saying—

Then left, his face saying

Those wide eyes, since whose gaze I have worshipped him:

Those tender young girls I've worshipped since I was a lad

ذا الفنُّ منك بكَ استنار وانني

ذا الفنُّ منك بكَ استنار وانني

لَعَلَى كتابكَ في الصبا عُلّمتُهُ

لَعَلَى كتابكَ في الصبا عُلّمتُهُ

“This art comes from you; through you it shone, and indeed I

This art from you, through you, gained light

Was taught it from your book in youth.

And I was perhaps taught it in your book when young

أَتشكُّ بعدئذٍ وأنت معلّمي

أَتشكُّ بعدئذٍ وأنت معلّمي

اني بَرَعتُ بهِ وقد اتقنتُهُ

اني بَرَعتُ بهِ وقد اتقنتُهُ

Do you doubt after that, when you are my teacher,

Will you doubt, when you're my teacher

That I have excelled in it and have mastered it?”

That I have mastered it, that I have perfected it?