قلْ لمشغوفٍ بَعذْلِي

قلْ لمشغوفٍ بَعذْلِي

في مساءٍ وصباحِ

في مساءٍ وصباحِ

Tell one obsessed with reproaching me

Tell the one passionate about reproaching me

in the evening and the morning:

In the evening and morning

لا تلمنِي في هَوَى البي

لا تلمنِي في هَوَى البي

ضِ فإنّي غيرُ صاحِ

ضِ فإنّي غيرُ صاحِ

Do not blame me for loving the fair-

Do not blame me for longing for the dwellings

skinned women, for I am not sober.

For I am not one who awakens

أيُّ قلبٍ هو خِلْوُ ال

أيُّ قلبٍ هو خِلْوُ ال

سِرِّ من عِشْقِ المِلاحِ

سِرِّ من عِشْقِ المِلاحِ

What heart is free, in its inner

What heart is it that is devoid

self, from love of the beautiful?

Of secrets of the love of the salty lands

كُنْ كَما شِئتَ ودَعْنِي

كُنْ كَما شِئتَ ودَعْنِي

في فسادِي ورواحِي

في فسادِي ورواحِي

Be as you wish, and leave me

Be as you wish and leave me

to my corruption and my going about.

In my corruption and going

ما على غيريَ منّي

ما على غيريَ منّي

في فسادِي وصلاحِي

في فسادِي وصلاحِي

What burden falls on others because of me

It is not upon others from me

in my corruption and my righteousness?

In my corruption and betterment

وَإِذا أَفلحتَ فَاِترُكْ

وَإِذا أَفلحتَ فَاِترُكْ

للورى غيرَ الفلاحِ

للورى غيرَ الفلاحِ

And if you have succeeded, then leave

And if you succeed then leave

humankind something other than success.

For the people other than cultivation