يا رفقتي كأسي حلا

يا رفقتي كأسي حلا

والحب لي قد انجلى

والحب لي قد انجلى

O my companions, my cup has grown sweet,

O my companions, my cup is sweet,

and love has revealed itself to me.

And love to me has become clear,

وقام في ديباجة

وقام في ديباجة

يملأ نوره الملا

يملأ نوره الملا

And he arose in brocade,

It arose in silk,

his light filling the assembly.

Its light fills the night,

وحقه من شكله

وحقه من شكله

قلبي آنا ما خلا

قلبي آنا ما خلا

By his sanctity, his form

It is true to its appearance,

has never left my heart for an instant.

My heart, I have nothing left.

حل بسري وعلى

حل بسري وعلى

منصة السر علا

منصة السر علا

He dwelt in my inmost self, and upon

It came to my secret, and on

the dais of mystery he rose.

The platform of mystery arose,

ما مر كأسي بنوا

ما مر كأسي بنوا

ه مرة الا حلا

ه مرة الا حلا

Never did my cup turn bitter through his estrangement

My cup never passed landmarks,

even once, without becoming sweet.

Except sweetened,

وقط ما ارخصني

وقط ما ارخصني

تدللا الا غلا

تدللا الا غلا

And never did he hold me cheap

It never made me cheap,

in coyness without growing dearer.

Except it became expensive.

عليّ من بعد الجفا

عليّ من بعد الجفا

برأفة تفضلا

برأفة تفضلا

To me, after his harshness,

To me after estrangement,

he graciously granted compassion.

With kindness it excelled,

لو قال تعطيني الفؤا

لو قال تعطيني الفؤا

د لم اقل والله لا

د لم اقل والله لا

If he said, 'Will you give me your heart?'

If it said give me advantages,

I would not say, by God, 'No.'

I would not say no, by God.

به جميعي مغرم

به جميعي مغرم

من عهد ما قالوا بلى

من عهد ما قالوا بلى

Every part of me is enamored of him,

With it all of me is infatuated,

since the time when they said, 'Yes.'

Since the era they said yes,

حقائق قديمة

حقائق قديمة

بارزها تنزلا

بارزها تنزلا

Ancient realities—

Ancient truths,

their manifest form descended.

Descending clearly,

ورب واله لقد

ورب واله لقد

هيمه ريم الفلا

هيمه ريم الفلا

And many a bewildered lover has indeed

By the Lord and God, it

been maddened by a gazelle of the wilderness.

Has fascinated wandering dreams,

سلا الغرام جسمه

سلا الغرام جسمه

وللغزال ما سلا

وللغزال ما سلا

His body forgot passion,

The night of estrangement afflicted its body,

but he never forgot the gazelle.

And for the gazelle, it did not afflict.

حبي الذي هيمني

حبي الذي هيمني

غوامض الحسن جلا

غوامض الحسن جلا

My beloved, who enraptured me,

My love which fascinated me,

unveiled beauty's hidden mysteries.

The mysteries of beauty rejoiced,

لو عرف الغزال شأ

لو عرف الغزال شأ

نه به تغزلا

نه به تغزلا

If the gazelle knew his stature,

If the gazelle knew its affair,

it would sing love verses of him.

It would flirt.

والبيت والركنومن

والبيت والركنومن

بسوحه تبتلا

بسوحه تبتلا

By the House, the Corner, and whoever

And the house and pillar,

devoted himself within its courts,

Dew dripped from its meadows,

لم انحرف عن بابه

لم انحرف عن بابه

ولو كواني البلا

ولو كواني البلا

I have not turned away from his door,

I did not deviate from its door,

even if affliction seared me.

Even if distress afflicted me,

ولم امل لغيره

ولم امل لغيره

ولو دهاني البلا

ولو دهاني البلا

Nor have I inclined toward anyone but him,

And I did not hope for another,

even if affliction overwhelmed me.

Even if time afflicted me.

يا قرة العين الا

يا قرة العين الا

ترى ضنى حالي الا

ترى ضنى حالي الا

O delight of the eye, will you not

O delight of the eye, do not

see my frail condition? Ah,

See my miserable state,

ان كنت تبغى قتلتي

ان كنت تبغى قتلتي

بالهجر لا حول ولا

بالهجر لا حول ولا

if you seek to kill me

If you wanted to kill me with estrangement, no power nor might but God’s.

through abandonment—there is no might, nor...