لَم يَسمعِ القلبُ فِيهِ للنّاهي

لَم يَسمعِ القلبُ فِيهِ للنّاهي

نَهياً ولا راحَ عنه بالسّاهي

نَهياً ولا راحَ عنه بالسّاهي

Concerning him, my heart has not heeded the admonisher’s

The heart heard no prohibition from the warner,

rebuke, nor turned away from him in forgetfulness.

Nor did it become diverted by the distractor.

يلهو إذا ما شكوتُ مشتغِلاً

يلهو إذا ما شكوتُ مشتغِلاً

عنّي وما القلبُ عنه بِاللاّهي

عنّي وما القلبُ عنه بِاللاّهي

He amuses himself whenever I complain, distracted

It plays when I complain of one preoccupied

from me, while my heart is never heedless of him.

With other than me, though the heart is not neglectful of him.

والله لا قلتُ في هوايَ له

والله لا قلتُ في هوايَ له

آهاً لكي أستريح في آه

آهاً لكي أستريح في آه

By God, in my love I will not say to him

By God, I'd say to the one I love,

“Ah!” so that I might find relief in a sigh.

"Ah," just to find some rest in "Ah."

فليُزْهَ وليَسْتَطِل عليَّ فما

فليُزْهَ وليَسْتَطِل عليَّ فما

أعشَق إلاّ الظَّلومَ والزّاهي

أعشَق إلاّ الظَّلومَ والزّاهي

So let him be proud and lord it over me, for

So let him be unjust and drag it out with me -

I love none but the cruel and the proud.

I love none but the oppressor and the procrastinator.

كأنّما عينُه مجرِّدةٌ

كأنّما عينُه مجرِّدةٌ

عليَ سيفَ العزيز باللهِ

عليَ سيفَ العزيز باللهِ

It is as though his eye were unsheathing

It's as though his eye were a bare sword

against me the sword of al-Aziz Billah,

Upon me - the Almighty's sword!

الملِك الوارث الإمامةَ عن

الملِك الوارث الإمامةَ عن

كلّ إمامٍ أغَرَّ أَواهِ

كلّ إمامٍ أغَرَّ أَواهِ

the king who inherits the imamate from

The King, inheritor of the Imamate from

every radiant imam, ever sighing in devotion.

Every Imam, he of the most dazzling signs.