أي يوم يا ريم عيني تراكا

هي عين لم تلتفت لسواكا

On what day, O gazelle, will my eye see you?

It is an eye that has never turned to anyone but you.

قد جفوت المحب عن غير ذنب

يا رقيق القوام ما اجفاكا

You have shunned your lover through no fault of his.

O slender of form, how cruel you are!

عجبا هل سهرت ليلي للصب

ح ودمعي مسلسل لولاكا

How strange! Would I have kept vigil all night until

dawn, my tears flowing unbroken, were it not for you?

قد نسيت الود القديم ولكن

انا والله قط لا انساكا

You have forgotten the old affection, and yet

I, by God, will never forget you.

قلبك الصخر لن يرق لحالي

من شفيعي اليه قل الاكا

Your heart of stone will not soften at my plight.

Who can plead with it for me, tell me, except you?

فوعينيك لم يزل نصب عيني

اينما كنت بارزا معناكا

So, by your eyes, ever before my eye—

wherever you are—your essence stands revealed.

ولعمري ما هبت الريح في الأر

ض ولم يحرق الفؤاد هواكا

And by my life, never has the wind blown upon the

earth without love for you burning my heart.

ما تراني ابكي ولوها اذا شا

هدت انا ثغرك الضحاكا

You do not see me weeping with yearning when

I behold your laughing mouth.

وأرق الحديد بالحن والأ

ن اذا شمت طرفك الفتاكا

And I soften iron with yearning and

groaning when I behold your deadly glance.

انا مضناك يا حبيب اما في

ك حنان حينا على مضناكا

I am your love-worn one, beloved; is there in

you no tenderness, even for a moment, for your love-worn one?

قيل لي بدل المكان وتسلو

قلت وجدي وجدي هنا وهناكا

I was told, "Change your place, and you will forget."

I said, "My yearning is my yearning, here and there."

كيف اسلو غزيلا وهو في القل

ب مقيم مه يا نصوح كفاكا

How can I forget a little gazelle, when in my

heart he dwells? Hush, sincere counselor—enough!

شغل اللب ادهش الفكر لما

مد في لب قلبي الاشراكا

He engrossed the mind, bewildered thought, when

he spread his snares in the core of my heart.

يا سقى الله بالسواكب حيا

يا حياة الولهان فيه حماكا

Oh, may God water with pouring rains a dwelling-place,

O life of the lovelorn, where your sanctuary lies.

وحما صائناً جمالك بالحف

ظ وباللطف محسنا حياكا

And may He guard you, preserving your beauty with

protection, and with kindness, graciously greet you.

يا حبيباه لا عدمتك اني

فيّ داء دواوّ لقيكا

O beloved, may I never lose you; indeed,

within me is an illness whose cure is meeting you.

انت قصرت لي الكرى حين طول

ت لي الليل مظلما قلاكا

You shortened my slumber when you lengthened

the night for me, dark with your aversion.

كلما لاحت النجوم لعي

ني بمنظومها المضيء اراكا

Whenever the stars appear before my

eye, I see you in their luminous array.

ما عشقت الآرام والغصن ال

مياس والفجر قط لولا سناكا

I would never have loved gazelles or the bough

that sways, or dawn, were it not for your radiance.

اهو البدر من خديدك باد

ام هو الخمر من رحيق لماكا

Is it the full moon appearing from your little cheek,

or is it wine from the nectar of your dusky lips?

بحقوق الهوى بود قديم

لا ترع بالصدود من برعاكا

By love's claims, by an old affection,

do not frighten with rejection one who is in your care.

مر عيشي لما صددت وبالحس

ن طراز الجميل قد حلاكا

My life grew bitter when you turned away; and with

beauty, the Beautiful One's embroidery has adorned you.

كل مر من بعد هجرك حلو

يا بديع الصفات ما احلاكا

Every bitter thing is sweet after your abandonment,

O wondrous in qualities, how sweet you are!

يا كثير النفور انت من الآ

رام ام كوكب اظنك ذاكا

O you so quick to flee, are you among the

gazelles, or a star? I think you are the latter.

والضياء الذي اتشحت سناه

هبة الله جل من اعطاكا

And the light whose radiance you wear as a cloak

is God's gift—exalted is He who gave it to you.

كوكب ساطع وكوثر راح

جانسا وجهك الجميل وفاكا

A shining star and a Kawthar of wine

have matched your beautiful face and your mouth.

قد اسلت العيون فيك عيونا

ولطحن القلوب دارت رحاكا

You have made eyes flow as springs for your sake,

and your millstone has turned to grind hearts.

واذا هفهف النسيم بطيب

هو لا شك هب فيه شذاكا

And when the breeze wafts with fragrance,

it is surely your scent that has wafted within it.

قد براك المولى امير جمال

وعلى كل عاشق ولاك

The Lord has created you a prince of beauty

and appointed you ruler over every lover.

خلني خل من صدودك وارحم

لي عينا اضرعا عيناكا

Free me, dear friend, from your rejection, and have mercy

on an eye of mine that your two eyes have humbled.

انا مولاك يا حبيبي ومولا

ي فبالله لا تدع مولاكا

I am your servant, O my beloved and

my master; so, by God, do not abandon your servant.

بلغ القلب بالقبول مناه

منك بلغت كيف شئت مناكا

Grant the heart its desire through acceptance

from you; may you attain your wishes however you please.

رق عظمي وانني لك رق

فكفاني هذا القلى رحماكا

My bones have grown frail, and I am your slave;

enough of this aversion for me—have mercy!