يا ورد ما مقصدي ورد البساتينِ

يا ورد ما مقصدي ورد البساتينِ

ورود خدك بعد الموت تحييني

ورود خدك بعد الموت تحييني

O rose, it is not the roses of gardens that I seek—

O rose, I do not mean the roses of the gardens;

the roses of your cheek revive me after death.

The roses of your cheek revive me after death.

لو كان يعرف ميداناً دوا كبدي

لو كان يعرف ميداناً دوا كبدي

ما قلت يا منيتي بالوصل داويني

ما قلت يا منيتي بالوصل داويني

Had a remedy for my aching heart been known anywhere,

Had a remedy for my liver known a field of action,

I would not have said, “O my heart’s desire, heal me through union.”

I would not have said, “O my heart’s desire, heal me through union.”

إلامَ بالنار يا روحي يعذِّبُني

إلامَ بالنار يا روحي يعذِّبُني

ونار حبك بالأشواق تكويني

ونار حبك بالأشواق تكويني

How long will he torment me with fire, O my soul,

How long, O my soul, will he torment me with fire?

while the fire of your love sears me with longing?

And the fire of your love sears me with longing.

يا رب أصبح من هجرانها بدني

يا رب أصبح من هجرانها بدني

أرقَّ من غزلي فيها ومن ديني

أرقَّ من غزلي فيها ومن ديني

O Lord, through her abandonment my body has become

O Lord, from her abandonment my body has grown

more delicate than my verse about her—and than my faith.

Thinner than my love poetry about her, and than my faith.