عَلَى حُبِّكُمْ أَنْفَقْتُ حَاصِلَ أَدْمُعِي

عَلَى حُبِّكُمْ أَنْفَقْتُ حَاصِلَ أَدْمُعِي

وَغَيْرَ وَلاَكُمْ عَبْدُكُمْ مَا تَكَسْبا

وَغَيْرَ وَلاَكُمْ عَبْدُكُمْ مَا تَكَسْبا

Upon your love I have spent the whole store of my tears;

For love of you I spent the whole store of my tears;

apart from devotion to you, your servant has gained nothing.

and your servant has earned nothing but devotion to you.

وحَاشَكُمُ أَنْ تُبْعِدُوا عَنْ جَنَابِكُمْ

وحَاشَكُمُ أَنْ تُبْعِدُوا عَنْ جَنَابِكُمْ

حَلِيفَ هَوىً بالرُّوحِ فِيْكُمْ تَقَرَّبا

حَلِيفَ هَوىً بالرُّوحِ فِيْكُمْ تَقَرَّبا

Far be it from you to banish from your presence

And far be it from you to banish from your presence

one sworn to love, who with his very soul drew near to you;

one pledged to passion, who drew near to you with his soul,

وَأَنْ تَهْجُروا مَنْ وَاصَلَ السُّهْدُ جَفْنَهُ

وَأَنْ تَهْجُروا مَنْ وَاصَلَ السُّهْدُ جَفْنَهُ

وَهَذْبَ فِيْكُمْ عِشْقَهُ فَتَهَذَّبا

وَهَذْبَ فِيْكُمْ عِشْقَهُ فَتَهَذَّبا

or to forsake one whose eyelid sleeplessness has never left,

and to forsake one whose eyelid sleeplessness has haunted,

and whose love for you was disciplined until he grew refined.

who refined his love for you, and so was himself refined.

وَأَحْسنْتُمُ تَأْدِيبَهُ بِصُدُودِكُمْ

وَأَحْسنْتُمُ تَأْدِيبَهُ بِصُدُودِكُمْ

فَلاَ تَهْجُروهُ بَعْدَ مَا قَدْ تَأَدَّبا

فَلاَ تَهْجُروهُ بَعْدَ مَا قَدْ تَأَدَّبا

You perfected his training through your aloofness—

And you have disciplined him well by turning away;

so do not forsake him now that he has learned his manners.

so do not forsake him now that he has learned his manners.

وَلِي مُهْجَةٌ دِينُ الصَّبَابَةِ دَيْنُهَا

وَلِي مُهْجَةٌ دِينُ الصَّبَابَةِ دَيْنُهَا

فَكَيْفَ تَرى عَنْكُمْ مَدَى الدَّهِرْ مَذْهَبا

فَكَيْفَ تَرى عَنْكُمْ مَدَى الدَّهِرْ مَذْهَبا

I have a soul whose creed and debt is ardent love;

And I have a heart whose debt is the creed of longing;

how, then, could it ever see a path leading away from you?

how, then, could it ever see a path away from you?

وَلِي فِي ظِلاَلِ السِّرحَتَينِ تَنَزُّلٌ

وَلِي فِي ظِلاَلِ السِّرحَتَينِ تَنَزُّلٌ

لَبِسْنَا بِهِ بُرْداً مِنَ الوَصْلِ مُذْهَبا

لَبِسْنَا بِهِ بُرْداً مِنَ الوَصْلِ مُذْهَبا

Beneath the shade of the two sarḥ trees I have a resting place,

And I sojourn in the shade of the two sarh trees;

where we donned a mantle of union, embroidered with gold.

there we donned a gilded mantle of union.

يَرُوقُكَ أَنْ يَرْوِي أَحَادِيثَ وُرْقِهِ

يَرُوقُكَ أَنْ يَرْوِي أَحَادِيثَ وُرْقِهِ

وَتَصْبُوا إِلى الأَلْحَانِ شَجْواً فَتْطْرَبا

وَتَصْبُوا إِلى الأَلْحَانِ شَجْواً فَتْطْرَبا

It delights you to hear its ringdoves recount their tales,

It delights you that it recounts the tales of its gray doves,

and yearningly you incline to the melodies and are enraptured;

and you yearn wistfully for the melodies, and so are enraptured,

وَتَسْتَنْشِقَ الأَنْفَاسَ مِنْ نَسَمَاتِهِ

وَتَسْتَنْشِقَ الأَنْفَاسَ مِنْ نَسَمَاتِهِ

فَتَفْهَمَ مَعْنَى الزَّهْرِ مِنْ مَنْطَقِ الصَّبا

فَتَفْهَمَ مَعْنَى الزَّهْرِ مِنْ مَنْطَقِ الصَّبا

and to breathe in fragrances borne upon its gentle breezes,

and inhale the breaths from its breezes,

and thus discern the flowers’ meaning in the speech of the east wind.

and so understand the blossoms' meaning from the east wind's speech.