فَضَحتُ بِدَمعِي سِرَّ قَلبي صَبَابَةً

فَضَحتُ بِدَمعِي سِرَّ قَلبي صَبَابَةً

فأثَبتُّ وَصفاً كانَ مِن قَبلِهِ يُنفَى

فأثَبتُّ وَصفاً كانَ مِن قَبلِهِ يُنفَى

In yearning, I betrayed my heart’s secret with my tears.

I exposed my heart's secret with my tears, out of longing.

Thus I proved a condition that, before this, had been denied.

So I proved a condition that had previously been denied.

فُؤادٌ ذَكِيُّ النَّفحِ لا يُسلِمُ الجَوى

فُؤادٌ ذَكِيُّ النَّفحِ لا يُسلِمُ الجَوى

وجَفنٌ وَجيٌّ النَّفخِ لا يُسلِمُالَّذَّرفا

وجَفنٌ وَجيٌّ النَّفخِ لا يُسلِمُالَّذَّرفا

A heart whose breath is fragrant does not surrender its consuming passion,

A heart with a fiery breath that never relinquishes anguish,

and a sore eyelid, though breath blows upon it, does not relinquish its tears.

And an aching, swollen eyelid that never ceases shedding tears.

فُطِرتُ عَلى مِثلِ الفُؤادِ مَع الهوى

فُطِرتُ عَلى مِثلِ الفُؤادِ مَع الهوى

فَحِبِّيَ لا يَبدُو وحُبِّيَ لا يَخفى

فَحِبِّيَ لا يَبدُو وحُبِّيَ لا يَخفى

I was fashioned with just such a heart, together with love:

I was fashioned in the heart's likeness, with passion;

my beloved does not appear, while my love cannot be hidden.

So my beloved is unseen, while my love is not hidden.

فَنِيتُ وما أدري سوى الوجدِ لي ضَنىً

فَنِيتُ وما أدري سوى الوجدِ لي ضَنىً

وَمِتُّ وما أدري سِوى البُعدِ لي حَتفا

وَمِتُّ وما أدري سِوى البُعدِ لي حَتفا

I wasted away, knowing only that longing was my affliction,

I wasted away, knowing only longing as my affliction.

and I died, knowing only that distance was my doom.

And I died, knowing only separation as my doom.

فَها أنا وَقفاً بينَ آسيَ والرَّجا

فَها أنا وَقفاً بينَ آسيَ والرَّجا

أُقَلِّبُ طَرفي لا أماماً ولا خَلفَا

أُقَلِّبُ طَرفي لا أماماً ولا خَلفَا

Here I stand, suspended between despair and hope,

So here I stand, suspended between my healer and hope.

turning my gaze neither forward nor back.

I turn my gaze neither forward nor backward.

فَصيحٌ إذا آنستُ للحُبِّ حَضرةًُ

فَصيحٌ إذا آنستُ للحُبِّ حَضرةًُ

فإن غابَ لم يَنطِق لِسَانِي ولا حَرفا

فإن غابَ لم يَنطِق لِسَانِي ولا حَرفا

I am eloquent whenever I sense love’s presence;

I am eloquent when I sense love's presence;

but if it is absent, my tongue cannot utter so much as a letter.

And if it is absent, my tongue utters not even a letter.

فَقَدتُكَ لَكِن لِي بِذِكرِكَ سَلوَةٌ

فَقَدتُكَ لَكِن لِي بِذِكرِكَ سَلوَةٌ

ومَن فَقَد المَوصُوفَ لَم يَفقِدِ الوَصفَا

ومَن فَقَد المَوصُوفَ لَم يَفقِدِ الوَصفَا

I have lost you, yet in remembering you I have consolation;

I have lost you, but in remembering you I find solace.

whoever loses the one described does not lose the description.

And whoever loses the one described has not lost the description.

فَكُلُّ طَريقٍ لِي إليكَ مُبَلِّغٌ

فَكُلُّ طَريقٍ لِي إليكَ مُبَلِّغٌ

وَرَدتُ وَلَكن أطلُبُ المَوردَ الأصفى

وَرَدتُ وَلَكن أطلُبُ المَوردَ الأصفى

For every road I take leads me to you.

So every path of mine leads me to you.

I have reached the spring, yet seek the purest watering place.

I have come to drink, yet I seek the purest water source.

فَزِدني لِمَا بِي مِن هَوىً وصَبابةٍ

فَزِدني لِمَا بِي مِن هَوىً وصَبابةٍ

تَزِدني التِذَاذَاً كُلَّما زِدَتَني ضَعفا

تَزِدني التِذَاذَاً كُلَّما زِدَتَني ضَعفا

So increase me, because of the love and yearning within me;

So give me more, because of the passion and longing within me;

you increase my delight whenever you increase my weakness.

You will heighten my delight whenever you heighten my weakness.

فَلَولاكَ لَم أُضمِر غَراماً ولا هوىً

فَلَولاكَ لَم أُضمِر غَراماً ولا هوىً

ولولاكَ لَم أشكُ اكتِتَاماً ولا كَشفا

ولولاكَ لَم أشكُ اكتِتَاماً ولا كَشفا

Were it not for you, I would harbor neither passion nor love;

So, were it not for you, I would harbor neither ardent love nor passion.

and were it not for you, I would complain of neither concealment nor disclosure.

And were it not for you, I would complain of neither concealment nor disclosure.