أمالكَ ودّي وهو ملكٌ مخَّيسٌ

أمالكَ ودّي وهو ملكٌ مخَّيسٌ

عليهِ فشاريهِ لعينٌ وبائعه

عليهِ فشاريهِ لعينٌ وبائعه

O possessor of my love, which is a possession held fast

My beloved's affection is a conquered kingdom

For you: cursed are its buyer and its seller.

With intrigues in the eyes of its seller

رحلت فللعلياء بعدكَ مهجةٌ

رحلت فللعلياء بعدكَ مهجةٌ

شعاعٌ وشأنٌ ما تجفُّ مدامعه

شعاعٌ وشأنٌ ما تجفُّ مدامعه

You departed; after you, lofty glory has a heart

I journeyed away, so farewell to the heights after you

In fragments, and a tear duct whose tears never dry.

A radiance and glory whose tears never dry

ولَّما دعتني للوداع نوازعٌ

ولَّما دعتني للوداع نوازعٌ

من الشوق أنَّ الشوق تدعو نوزعه

من الشوق أنَّ الشوق تدعو نوزعه

And when impulses called me to farewell,

When the pangs of longing called me to say goodbye

From longing—for longing’s impulses beckon—

For longing itself summons its agony

لقيتُ وفود الريح وهي زعازع

لقيتُ وفود الريح وهي زعازع

ومن دون لجّ البحر تلقى زعازعه

ومن دون لجّ البحر تلقى زعازعه

I met the wind’s envoys, and they were tempests;

I met the caravans of the wind, turbulent

And before reaching the sea’s depths, you encounter its tempests.

And beyond the sea's surge, more turbulence

وما جاش من آذيهِ قط زاخرٌ

وما جاش من آذيهِ قط زاخرٌ

كعلمك إلاَّ والسَّماحُ طلائعه

كعلمك إلاَّ والسَّماحُ طلائعه

And no swelling surge ever rose from its billows

None who enjoyed your company was ever harmed

Like your knowledge, without generosity as its vanguard.

Except by your generosity that outpaced it