معنى الوجودْ قَد لاحْ

معنى الوجودْ قَد لاحْ

بِلا مَلاَم

بِلا مَلاَم

The meaning of existence has shone forth,

The meaning of existence has appeared

Without blame

Without blame

عَلَى الذي قد باحْ

عَلَى الذي قد باحْ

مِن الغرام

مِن الغرام

Upon the one who has spoken openly

Upon the one who has confessed

Out of passion.

Of passion

بِذا الغرامْ قد باحْ

بِذا الغرامْ قد باحْ

معنى الهوى

معنى الهوى

Through this passion has been revealed

With this passion he has confessed

The meaning of love.

The meaning of love

ومنْ مَلاَ الأقداح

ومنْ مَلاَ الأقداح

مِن الجَوَى

مِن الجَوَى

And whoever filled the goblets

And the one who has filled the cups

With burning longing

Of yearning

سَكِرُ بِشُرْب الرَّاح

سَكِرُ بِشُرْب الرَّاح

وأفنا السِّوى

وأفنا السِّوى

Grew drunk by drinking wine,

Got drunk with drinking the breeze

And annihilated all otherness.

And wasted the equality

قد لاح بالإصباحْ

قد لاح بالإصباحْ

بادِي الغرام

بادِي الغرام

At daybreak has shone forth

The passion has appeared at dawn

The manifestation of passion.

Its beginning visible

فَجْرُ سَنَا الإصباحِ

فَجْرُ سَنَا الإصباحِ

مَحَا الظَّلام

مَحَا الظَّلام

The dawn of morning’s radiance

The dawn of our tooth is

Has erased the darkness.

The darkness is erased

لَيْلَى المنا تُجْلِي

لَيْلَى المنا تُجْلِي

فَمَن لها

فَمَن لها

Layla of hopes unveils herself;

Layla who spends the night awake

So whoever upon her

So who is hers

نظَرْ وقلبُوا أخْلَى

نظَرْ وقلبُوا أخْلَى

ولها بهَا

ولها بهَا

Has gazed and emptied his heart,

Looks and turns his heart

In yearning for her,

And for her sakes

حتَّى يَرَى لَيْلَى

حتَّى يَرَى لَيْلَى

ينْظُرْ لها

ينْظُرْ لها

Until he sees Layla,

Until he sees Layla

Gazes upon her

Looking at her

لدَيها والأشْباح

لدَيها والأشْباح

صارَت غَمامْ

صارَت غَمامْ

In her presence, while the forms

Near her and the ghosts

Have become clouds.

Have become clouds

قَيْسٌ بِها صَرَّحْ

قَيْسٌ بِها صَرَّحْ

وفيها هامْ

وفيها هامْ

Qays spoke openly of her,

Qays has confessed about her

And was lost in love for her.

And in her he has become infatuated

عَيْنُ الزِّحامْ هُ السّيْرْ

عَيْنُ الزِّحامْ هُ السّيْرْ

لِحَيِّنَا

لِحَيِّنَا

The heart of the throng is the journey

The eye of the crowds it is the travel

To our encampment.

For our sake

والاصطباحْ في الدَّيْر

والاصطباحْ في الدَّيْر

لِشُرْبِنَا

لِشُرْبِنَا

And the morning draught in the monastery,

And the morning in the monastery

For us to drink.

For our drinking

فَدَعِ الفنا للْغَيْر

فَدَعِ الفنا للْغَيْر

في حُبِّنَا

في حُبِّنَا

So leave annihilation to others

So leave the perishment for others

In our love.

In our love

فمن طَغَى أوْ باحْ

فمن طَغَى أوْ باحْ

مِنَ الأنامْ

مِنَ الأنامْ

So whoever transgressed or divulged,

Whoever transgresses or confesses

Among humankind,

Of the people

بِسرِّنا الوضَّاح

بِسرِّنا الوضَّاح

سُلَّ الحُسام

سُلَّ الحُسام

Our radiant secret—

With our clear secret

The keen sword is drawn.

Unsheathe the swords

تلاشت الأطرافْ

تلاشت الأطرافْ

بِلا وَسَط

بِلا وَسَط

The extremities have dissolved,

The edges have vanished

With no center.

Without center

هذا هُوَ الإنْصافْ

هذا هُوَ الإنْصافْ

خَلِّ الْغلَطْ

خَلِّ الْغلَطْ

This is fairness;

This is the justice

Abandon error.

Leave the wrong

قد حارَتِ الإنْصافْ

قد حارَتِ الإنْصافْ

خَلِّ الْغلَطْ

خَلِّ الْغلَطْ

Fairness has grown bewildered;

The justice has become confused

Abandon error.

Leave the wrong

قد حارَتِ الأوصافْ

قد حارَتِ الأوصافْ

فافهمنِي قَطْ

فافهمنِي قَطْ

Descriptions have grown bewildered;

The descriptions have become confused

So understand me—that is all.

So understand me, stop

بلابلُ الأفراحْ

بلابلُ الأفراحْ

للمُسْتَهَامْ

للمُسْتَهَامْ

The nightingales of joy,

The nightingales of joys

For the love-bewildered one,

For the confused

غَنَّتْ يروضِ فاح

غَنَّتْ يروضِ فاح

ورَنَا الحمَامْ

ورَنَا الحمَامْ

Sang [in a garden] that breathed fragrance,

They sang the meadows of youth

And the doves gazed.

And our pigeons have rung