إِنَّ الذِي حَازَ مُهْجَتِي شَغَفاً

إِنَّ الذِي حَازَ مُهْجَتِي شَغَفاً

قَدْ لَجَّ فِي هَجْرِهِ وَمَا عَطَفَا

قَدْ لَجَّ فِي هَجْرِهِ وَمَا عَطَفَا

Indeed, he who captured my heart in passionate love

Truly, he who seized my very soul with passion

has stubbornly persisted in estrangement and shown no tenderness.

Has stubbornly persisted in abandonment, showing no sympathy.

سَدَّدَ نَحْوِي سِهَامَ قَوْسِ جَفَا

سَدَّدَ نَحْوِي سِهَامَ قَوْسِ جَفَا

حَسْبِي الإِلَهُ مِنَ الْجَفَا وَكَفَى

حَسْبِي الإِلَهُ مِنَ الْجَفَا وَكَفَى

He aimed at me arrows from the bow of estrangement.

He aimed at me the arrows from the bow of cruelty;

God suffices me against estrangement, and He is enough.

God is sufficient for me against this harshness, and He suffices.

إِنْ كانَ أَبْهَجَنِي غَداةَ وَفَى

إِنْ كانَ أَبْهَجَنِي غَداةَ وَفَى

فَكَمْ بَرَانِي النَّحِيبُ حِينَ جَفَا

فَكَمْ بَرَانِي النَّحِيبُ حِينَ جَفَا

If he gladdened me the morning he kept faith,

If he brought me joy on the morning he was faithful,

then how often sobbing wasted me away when he turned cold!

Then how much has weeping consumed me when he turned away.

سَلَّمَهُ اللهُ لاَ أُعَاتِبُهُ

سَلَّمَهُ اللهُ لاَ أُعَاتِبُهُ

فَعَنْ سَبِيلِ الْمِلاَحِ مَا صَدَفَا

فَعَنْ سَبِيلِ الْمِلاَحِ مَا صَدَفَا

May God keep him safe; I do not reproach him,

May God keep him safe, I do not reproach him,

for he has not strayed from the path of the beautiful.

For from the path of the beautiful ones he has not strayed.

وَلاَ سَخِطْتُ الذِي رَمَانِي بِهِ

وَلاَ سَخِطْتُ الذِي رَمَانِي بِهِ

وَإِنْ كَسَانِي السَّقَامَ وَالدَّنَفَا

وَإِنْ كَسَانِي السَّقَامَ وَالدَّنَفَا

Nor have I resented what he struck me with,

Nor did I resent what he inflicted upon me,

even though he clothed me in sickness and wasting illness.

Even as he clothed me in sickness and wasting disease.

لَكِنْ نَفَثْتُ الْغَرَامَ مُسْتَشْفِياً

لَكِنْ نَفَثْتُ الْغَرَامَ مُسْتَشْفِياً

فَإِنَّ فِي نَفْثِ ذِي الْغَرَامِ شِفَا

فَإِنَّ فِي نَفْثِ ذِي الْغَرَامِ شِفَا

But I breathed out my passion, seeking healing,

But I breathed out my passion, seeking a cure,

for in a lover's outpouring there is a cure.

For in the sighs of the impassioned there is healing.

سَأَسْأَلُ الصَّفْحَ عَنْ جِنَايَتِهِ

سَأَسْأَلُ الصَّفْحَ عَنْ جِنَايَتِهِ

إِنْ صِرْتُ مِنْهَا عَلَى شَفِيرِ شَفَا

إِنْ صِرْتُ مِنْهَا عَلَى شَفِيرِ شَفَا

I shall seek pardon for his offense,

I shall ask forgiveness for his transgression,

even if, because of it, I reach the very brink.

Even if it brought me to the very brink of the abyss.

وَأَطْلُبُ الصَّفْوَ مِنْ رِضَاهُ فَقَدْ

وَأَطْلُبُ الصَّفْوَ مِنْ رِضَاهُ فَقَدْ

جَنَيْتُ مِنْ غَرْسِ هَجْرِهِ التَّلَفَا

جَنَيْتُ مِنْ غَرْسِ هَجْرِهِ التَّلَفَا

And I seek serenity in his favor, for I have

And I seek the pure grace of his approval, for I have

reaped ruin from the planting of his estrangement.

Reaped devastation from the planting of his estrangement.

يَا غُصْنُ يَا بَدْرُ عَطْفَةً وَسَناً

يَا غُصْنُ يَا بَدْرُ عَطْفَةً وَسَناً

يَا ظَبْيُ يَا شَمْسُ خِلْقَةً وَصَفَا

يَا ظَبْيُ يَا شَمْسُ خِلْقَةً وَصَفَا

O bough in suppleness, O full moon in radiance,

O branch, O full moon, in swaying grace and radiance,

O gazelle in form, O sun in clarity,

O gazelle, O sun, in perfect form and purity,

أَصْلَيْتَنِي بِنَارِ الصُّدُودِ نَارَ الأَسَى

أَصْلَيْتَنِي بِنَارِ الصُّدُودِ نَارَ الأَسَى

هَبْ لِي مِنَ الْوَصْلِ جَنَّةً أُنُفَا

هَبْ لِي مِنَ الْوَصْلِ جَنَّةً أُنُفَا

with rejection's fire, you made me burn in sorrow's fire.

You scorched me with the fire of rejection, the fire of sorrow,

Grant me, through union, a pristine paradise.

So grant me from our union an untouched paradise.