إلى كم فؤادي بالتفرق ذا جرح

إلى كم فؤادي بالتفرق ذا جرح

وعيني وجفني ذا سهاد وذا قرح

وعيني وجفني ذا سهاد وذا قرح

How long must my heart, through separation, remain wounded?

How long will my heart bear a wound from separation,

My eye and eyelid—one sleepless, the other sore.

and my eye and eyelid remain sleepless and sore?

وكم ذا يحملني الهوى فوق طاقتي

وكم ذا يحملني الهوى فوق طاقتي

ويسعد لاحٍ بالملامة والقدح

ويسعد لاحٍ بالملامة والقدح

How often does passion burden me beyond my strength,

And how long will love burden me beyond my strength,

while a censor delights in blame and disparagement?

while a reproacher delights in blame and disparagement?

فيا نظرةٌ كانت أساس منيتي

فيا نظرةٌ كانت أساس منيتي

ويا منية أهدت الى فرحي ترحي

ويا منية أهدت الى فرحي ترحي

O glance that became the foundation of my longing—or my death,

So, O glance that was the foundation of my desire,

O fate that bestowed sorrow upon my joy!

and O cherished wish that brought my sorrow to my joy,

ويا جنةً رضوانها خان عهده

ويا جنةً رضوانها خان عهده

فقاسيت نار الصد إذ منعت منحي

فقاسيت نار الصد إذ منعت منحي

O Paradise whose Riḍwān betrayed his pledge,

and O paradise whose guardian Ridwan betrayed his pledge—

I endured rejection’s fire when my boon was withheld.

so I endured rejection's fire when my gifts were withheld.

ويا بدر قد طال السهادُ وساءني

ويا بدر قد طال السهادُ وساءني

ويا غصن قد أبكى زهور الربى صدحي

ويا غصن قد أبكى زهور الربى صدحي

O full moon, sleeplessness has dragged on and distressed me;

And O full moon, sleeplessness has lasted long and distressed me;

O bough, my song has made the upland flowers weep.

and O bough, my singing has made the flowers of the hills weep.

فلله من قلبٍ علمتُ غرامه

فلله من قلبٍ علمتُ غرامه

وللَه من عينٍ تواصلُ بالسفح

وللَه من عينٍ تواصلُ بالسفح

By God, what a heart—how well I have known its passion!

By God, what a heart—whose passion I have known!

And by God, what an eye—unceasing in its pouring!

And by God, what an eye that keeps pouring forth tears!

وللَه من حالٍ يدلُ على الضنى

وللَه من حالٍ يدلُ على الضنى

ويعجزُ فيه النطقُ أن ياتي بالشرح

ويعجزُ فيه النطقُ أن ياتي بالشرح

And by God, what a state, bearing witness to wasting grief,

And by God, what a state that reveals wasting sickness,

in which speech itself is powerless to offer an explanation.

and in which speech is powerless to offer an explanation!

كفى من بعادي ما شفى قلب حاسدي

كفى من بعادي ما شفى قلب حاسدي

فحسبُك ما ألقى من الحزن والترح

فحسبُك ما ألقى من الحزن والترح

Enough of my long absence—it has healed my envier’s heart;

Enough of my separation—it has gratified my envier's heart;

let the sorrow and anguish I endure suffice you.

so let the sorrow and grief I suffer be enough for you.

ألا أهلاً نسيم صبا الصباح

ألا أهلاً نسيم صبا الصباح

سرى بشميم طرآت الصباحِ

سرى بشميم طرآت الصباحِ

Ah, welcome, breeze of the morning zephyr,

Ah, welcome, breeze of the morning east wind!

traveling with the fragrance of morning’s fresh breaths.

It drifted with the fragrance of morning's tresses.

ترى نبهت أجفانا سُكارى

ترى نبهت أجفانا سُكارى

صحون وذا فؤادي غير صاحِ

صحون وذا فؤادي غير صاحِ

Do you think you awakened eyelids drunk with sleep?

Did you, I wonder, awaken drunken eyelids?

They woke—but this heart of mine has not grown sober.

They sobered up, yet this heart of mine is not sober.

وهل قبلت ثم فما وخداً

وهل قبلت ثم فما وخداً

فجئت بطيب وردٍ أو أقاح

فجئت بطيب وردٍ أو أقاح

And did you kiss there a mouth and a cheek,

And did you kiss a mouth and a cheek there,

then come bearing the perfume of rose or daisy?

so you came with the fragrance of roses or daisies?

وإلا قد مررت بربعِ حيٍ

وإلا قد مررت بربعِ حيٍ

فهذا النفح من تلك النواحي

فهذا النفح من تلك النواحي

Or else you passed by the quarters of a tribe,

Or else you have passed by a tribe's dwelling,

and this fragrant breath comes from those parts.

so this waft of fragrance comes from those parts.