أزورُ الحبيبَ ولا أَلْثِمُهْ ؟!

أزورُ الحبيبَ ولا أَلْثِمُهْ ؟!

وما قال أهلًا وسَهْلًا فَمُهْ!

وما قال أهلًا وسَهْلًا فَمُهْ!

I visit my beloved, yet do not kiss him?!

Shall I visit my beloved and not sin?!

And his mouth did not say 'Welcome!'

He did not say hello or welcome, his mouth!

فما كان أحلاهُ مِن صامتٍ

فما كان أحلاهُ مِن صامتٍ

يُشِيرُ ولكنّني أَفْهَمُهْ

يُشِيرُ ولكنّني أَفْهَمُهْ

How sweet he was, a silent one,

So it was not more beautiful than a silent one

who gestures, yet I understand him.

Who gestures, but I understand him

يراني أُفَتِّشُ في رأفةٍ

يراني أُفَتِّشُ في رأفةٍ

مواضعَ في جِسمِهِ تُؤْلِمُهْ

مواضعَ في جِسمِهِ تُؤْلِمُهْ

He sees me searching with compassion

He sees me searching with kindness

for places in his body that hurt him.

Places in his body that hurt him

أَشُمُّ النَّدَى في جِراحاتِه

أَشُمُّ النَّدَى في جِراحاتِه

يُعَطِّرُ بِالمِسكِ رُوحي دَمُهْ

يُعَطِّرُ بِالمِسكِ رُوحي دَمُهْ

I smell the dew in his wounds;

I smell the dew in his wounds

his blood perfumes my soul with musk.

Perfumes my soul with his bloody musk

فقُمْ يا حبيبي وهَيَّا معي

فقُمْ يا حبيبي وهَيَّا معي

ونَمْ في ذِراعي الّذي تَعْلَمُهْ

ونَمْ في ذِراعي الّذي تَعْلَمُهْ

So rise, my beloved, and come with me,

So get up my darling and come with me

and sleep in my arm, the one you know.

And sleep in my arms that you know

سَتَشْفَى جِراحُكَ في لَحظةٍ

سَتَشْفَى جِراحُكَ في لَحظةٍ

وجُرحي الّذي لم أزلْ أَكْتُمُهْ

وجُرحي الّذي لم أزلْ أَكْتُمُهْ

Your wounds will heal in a moment,

Your wounds will heal in a moment

and my wound, which I have never ceased to hide.

And my wound that I have always concealed

ومُدَّ ذِراعَيْكَ في ضَمَّةٍ

ومُدَّ ذِراعَيْكَ في ضَمَّةٍ

لِصَدري عسى رَبَّنا يَرْحَمُهْ

لِصَدري عسى رَبَّنا يَرْحَمُهْ

And stretch out your arms in an embrace

And stretch out your arms in an embrace

to my chest—may our Lord have mercy on it.

To my chest, may our Lord have mercy on him

وتسألُ: مَن يا تُرى أَعْلَمَكْ؟

وتسألُ: مَن يا تُرى أَعْلَمَكْ؟

أمِ الحُبُّ مِن وَحْيِهِ أَلْهَمَكْ؟

أمِ الحُبُّ مِن وَحْيِهِ أَلْهَمَكْ؟

And you ask: Who, I wonder, informed you?

And you ask: Who, I wonder, taught you?

Or did love inspire you through its revelation?

Or did love inspire you from its revelation?

حبيبي متى سوف أمضي معكْ؟

حبيبي متى سوف أمضي معكْ؟

متى خَمْرُ ثَغري يُرَوِّي فَمَكْ؟

متى خَمْرُ ثَغري يُرَوِّي فَمَكْ؟

My beloved, when shall I go with you?

My darling when will I spend time with you?

When will the wine of my lips quench your mouth's thirst?

When will the wine of my lips quench your mouth?

متى تَلْبَسُ الشَّمْسُ جِلبابَها

متى تَلْبَسُ الشَّمْسُ جِلبابَها

وتَخْلُو لِمِحْرابِ مَنْ تَيَّمَكْ؟

وتَخْلُو لِمِحْرابِ مَنْ تَيَّمَكْ؟

When will the sun put on her robe,

When will the sun wear her cloak

and you withdraw to the sanctuary of the one who enthralled you?

And be alone for the prayer niche of the one who orphaned you?

وناجانيَ القَلبُ: يا عاشقًا

وناجانيَ القَلبُ: يا عاشقًا

أَما آنَ تَمحو له طِلْسَمَكْ؟

أَما آنَ تَمحو له طِلْسَمَكْ؟

And my heart whispered to me: O lover,

And my heart whispered to me: O lover

is it not time you erased your talisman for him?

Isn't it time to erase his talisman from you?

مَلاكٌ مِنَ الإنسِ أم ساحرٌ

مَلاكٌ مِنَ الإنسِ أم ساحرٌ

خَتَمْتَ على خَدِّه مَعْلَمَكْ؟

خَتَمْتَ على خَدِّه مَعْلَمَكْ؟

An angel among humankind, or a sorcerer

An angel of mankind or a sorcerer

upon whose cheek you have stamped your mark?

You sealed your mark on his cheek?

يَخُطُّ حُروفَ الجَوَى عاتِبًا

يَخُطُّ حُروفَ الجَوَى عاتِبًا

ويَهْمِسُ في السِّرِّ: ما أَظْلَمَكْ!

ويَهْمِسُ في السِّرِّ: ما أَظْلَمَكْ!

He writes the letters of love's anguish, reproachfully,

He writes letters of passion complaining

and whispers in secret: How unjust you are!

And whispers in secret: How unjust you are!

فما الحَظُّ إلّا له مَوسمٌ؟

فما الحَظُّ إلّا له مَوسمٌ؟

متى يا حبيبي أرى مَوْسِمَكْ؟

متى يا حبيبي أرى مَوْسِمَكْ؟

For fortune has its season, does it not?

For is there any fortune except his season?

When, my beloved, shall I see your season?

My darling when will I see your season?

وتسألُ هَمسًا متى نلتقي؟

وتسألُ هَمسًا متى نلتقي؟

فرُوحي وقلبي، وكُلِّي مَعَكْ

فرُوحي وقلبي، وكُلِّي مَعَكْ

And you ask in a whisper: When shall we meet?

And you whisper asking when we will meet?

For my soul, my heart, and all of me are with you.

For my soul, heart and all of me are with you

يُرَوِّعُني منكَ طُولُ النَّوى

يُرَوِّعُني منكَ طُولُ النَّوى

ولا باركَ اللهُ مَنْ رَوَّعَكْ

ولا باركَ اللهُ مَنْ رَوَّعَكْ

The long separation from you terrifies me,

I am terrified by your prolonged intention

and may God not bless whoever frightened you.

May Allah not bless whoever scared you

لأنَّكَ أنتَ مَلِيكُ الجَمالِ

لأنَّكَ أنتَ مَلِيكُ الجَمالِ

وأنتَ الصَّباحُ الّذي لَفَّعَكْ

وأنتَ الصَّباحُ الّذي لَفَّعَكْ

Because you are the king of beauty,

Because you are the angel of beauty

and you are the morning that has cloaked you.

And you are the morning that unveiled you

أرى البَدْرَ يُشْرِقُ في وَجْنَتَيْكَ

أرى البَدْرَ يُشْرِقُ في وَجْنَتَيْكَ

ويُسْدِلُ مِن ضَوئِهِ بُرْقَعَكْ

ويُسْدِلُ مِن ضَوئِهِ بُرْقَعَكْ

I see the full moon shining in your cheeks,

I see the moon rising in your cheeks

and lowering your veil from its light.

And lowering its light as your veil

أَتَيْتُكَ والقلبُ يَهفو إليك

أَتَيْتُكَ والقلبُ يَهفو إليك

وأشواقُهُ حُلْمُها مَخْدَعَكْ

وأشواقُهُ حُلْمُها مَخْدَعَكْ

I came to you, my heart yearning for you,

I came to you while my heart yearns for you

and its longings dream of your bedchamber.

And its passions are dreaming of your tent

زَرَعْتُكَ في مُهْجَتي شُعْلَةً

زَرَعْتُكَ في مُهْجَتي شُعْلَةً

وأسعدني الحَظُّ أن أزرعَكْ

وأسعدني الحَظُّ أن أزرعَكْ

I planted you as a flame in my heart's core,

I planted you in my soul like a flame

and fortune gave me the joy of planting you.

And I was made happy by fate to plant you

وأَسْكَنْتُكَ الرُّوحَ يا كَعبةً

وأَسْكَنْتُكَ الرُّوحَ يا كَعبةً

ويا ظالمًا لو تَرى مَوضِعَكْ

ويا ظالمًا لو تَرى مَوضِعَكْ

And I lodged you in my soul, O Kaaba,

And I settled you in the soul like the Kaaba

and, O cruel one, if you saw your place,

And how wrong, if you could see your position

لَذَابَ الفُؤادُ اشتياقًا إلَيَّ

لَذَابَ الفُؤادُ اشتياقًا إلَيَّ

سرورًا وزالَ الَّذي أَوْجَعَكْ

سرورًا وزالَ الَّذي أَوْجَعَكْ

your heart would melt with longing for me,

The heart melted longing for me

with joy, and what pained you would vanish.

Happily, and the one who hurt you is gone