ثوبٌ من الحب أودى بي مشهره

ثوبٌ من الحب أودى بي مشهره

فالجسم أصفره والدَّمع أحمره

فالجسم أصفره والدَّمع أحمره

A robe of love—its two-colored fabric has undone me;

A garment of love has destroyed me, its sword

Thus my body is its yellow, and my tears its red.

Has turned my body yellow, and my tears red

يا من يغيِّر جسم الصبّ من سقم

يا من يغيِّر جسم الصبّ من سقم

كن كيف شئت فهذا لا يغيّره

كن كيف شئت فهذا لا يغيّره

O you who change the lovesick lover's body through illness,

O He who can change the body of the loved one from illness

Be as you wish; this does not change him.

Be as you wish, for this does not change it

طوى هواكَ بقلبٍ تلك عادته

طوى هواكَ بقلبٍ تلك عادته

وإنما علميّ المدح ينشره

وإنما علميّ المدح ينشره

He has folded his love for you within a heart—that is his habit;

Fold your love in a heart, such is its habit

And my banner of praise is unfurled only by

And my expertise is only to spread praise of it

من لا خلا من نداه البيت نسكنه

من لا خلا من نداه البيت نسكنه

ولا خلا من ثناه البيت نشعره

ولا خلا من ثناه البيت نشعره

One whose bounty—may the house we dwell in never lack it,

Whoever's house is not devoid of his boons,

Nor may the verse we compose ever lack his praise.

And whose house is not devoid of his praises, we reside in it

يا صاحباً لم يُضع قصد الوفود له

يا صاحباً لم يُضع قصد الوفود له

وضاعَ نشر الغوالي حين نذكره

وضاعَ نشر الغوالي حين نذكره

O patron, who has never let delegations seek him in vain,

O companion whom the purpose of delegations was not lost to

The fragrance of precious perfumes wafts when we mention him.

And the spreading of favors was not lost when we mention him

تهنَّ بالعيد إما المرتجى نبدي

تهنَّ بالعيد إما المرتجى نبدي

أو الحسود بأنكاد تفطره

أو الحسود بأنكاد تفطره

Rejoice at Eid: either we reveal what is hoped for,

Rejoice in the feast, either we initiate what is hoped for

Or you break the envious man's fast with sorrows.

Or the envious with animosity try to break it

وأمر بنشرِ سماطٍ منك يجبرنا

وأمر بنشرِ سماطٍ منك يجبرنا

ونحنُ في رسمنا بالأكل نجبره

ونحنُ في رسمنا بالأكل نجبره

And order a banquet spread from you to make us whole;

And he ordered the spreading of carpets from you that console us

And we, as is our custom, will make it whole by eating.

While we in our principles are compelled to eat it