رَضِيَ المتيم في الهوَى بجنُونِه

رَضِيَ المتيم في الهوَى بجنُونِه

خلُّوه يفَنىّ عُمرَه بفُنونِهْ

خلُّوه يفَنىّ عُمرَه بفُنونِهْ

The enthralled lover is content with his madness in love.

Al-Mutayyam is pleased with his madness in love

Leave him to spend his life in its many forms.

Leave him to perish his life in his arts

لا تعْذِلوهُ فليْس ينْفعُ عذْلُكم

لا تعْذِلوهُ فليْس ينْفعُ عذْلُكم

ليْس السُّلوُّ عن الهوَى من دينهْ

ليْس السُّلوُّ عن الهوَى من دينهْ

Do not reproach him, for your reproach does no good.

Do not blame him, your blame will not benefit

Forgetfulness of love is no part of his creed.

Abandoning love is not part of his faith

قسَماً بمن ذُكرَ العقيقُ من أجلِه

قسَماً بمن ذُكرَ العقيقُ من أجلِه

قسَم المحِبِّ بحبِّه ويمينهْ

قسَم المحِبِّ بحبِّه ويمينهْ

I swear by the one for whose sake al-Aqiq was mentioned—

By the one whose agate was mentioned

the lover's oath, by his love and his solemn pledge.

The lover swore by his love and oath

مالي سواكم غير أنيِّ تائبٌ

مالي سواكم غير أنيِّ تائبٌ

عن فاترات الحبِّ أو تلوينِهْ

عن فاترات الحبِّ أو تلوينِهْ

I have none but you, save that I repent

I have none but you, though I repent

of love's waning spells or its changing hues.

Of the indifferent in love or its change

مالي إِذا هتف الحمامُ بأيْكةٍ

مالي إِذا هتف الحمامُ بأيْكةٍ

أبداً أحِنُّ لشَجْوِه وشُجونهْ

أبداً أحِنُّ لشَجْوِه وشُجونهْ

Why, when the dove calls in a thicket,

Whenever the doves coo with passion

do I always yearn for its lament and its sorrows?

I am forever moved by their plaints and sorrows

وإِذا البكاءُ بغير دمْعٍ دأبُهُ

وإِذا البكاءُ بغير دمْعٍ دأبُهُ

والصَّبُ يجْري دمْعُه بعُيُونهْ

والصَّبُ يجْري دمْعُه بعُيُونهْ

And while weeping without tears is its habit,

And when tears flow without weeping

the lovelorn one's tears stream from his eyes.

And patience flows tears from the eyes