ورق في الدجى أرقن جفني

ورق في الدجى أرقن جفني

وأحرمني المنام

وأحرمني المنام

Doves in the darkness kept my eyelids sleepless,

Sleep evaded me as leaves rustled in the night,

And deprived me of sleep.

And dreams eluded me,

ذكرني لقا من غاب عني

ذكرني لقا من غاب عني

معسول الوشام

معسول الوشام

They reminded me of meeting the one absent from me,

Reminding me of one I love who's been absent,

Whose tattoo marks are honey-sweet.

With lips sweet as wine.

روحي فدا من هجرني

روحي فدا من هجرني

ومن بحسنه ملكني

ومن بحسنه ملكني

My soul be ransom for the one who forsook me,

My soul I'd sacrifice for one who abandoned me,

And who possessed me through his beauty,

And whose beauty enthralled me,

عن كلّ شاغل شغلني

عن كلّ شاغل شغلني

ما لذّ هذا التجني

ما لذّ هذا التجني

Distracting me from every other concern.

Distracting me from all distractions,

How sweet this cruelty is!

Oh, the bliss of this longing!

مذهبي الهوى يا من عذلني

مذهبي الهوى يا من عذلني

ما أسمع لك ملام

ما أسمع لك ملام

Love is my creed, O you who reproached me;

My way is love, though you blame me.

I heed no reproach from you.

I hear no reproach.

لو ساجي الرنا حبه قتلني

لو ساجي الرنا حبه قتلني

ما هو له حرام

ما هو له حرام

Even if love for the one with the languid gaze killed me,

If the doe were to perish from her love,

It would not be forbidden to him.

No sin would she bear.

آهي من هوى غزلان حاجر

آهي من هوى غزلان حاجر

كم أطلن الصدود

كم أطلن الصدود

Ah, my grief for love of Hajir's gazelles!

Alas for the passion of the graceful gazelle!

How long they have prolonged their rejection!

How long have I yearned!

ما هذا العجب سود النواظر

ما هذا العجب سود النواظر

يصطدن الأسود

يصطدن الأسود

What a marvel: the dark-eyed ones

What wonder is this that dark-eyed ones

Hunt lions.

ensnare the lion?

كم عاقل أدهش عقله

كم عاقل أدهش عقله

وبحن في الحبّ قتله

وبحن في الحبّ قتله

How many a wise man has had his reason bewildered,

How many a wise one's mind was perplexed,

And they have deemed his slaying in love lawful!

And he perished in love,

ولذّ لي فيه ذله

ولذّ لي فيه ذله

قولوا لمن طال عذله

قولوا لمن طال عذله

And his abasement in it has grown sweet to me.

Finding delight in such disgrace!

Tell the one whose reproach has gone on so long:

Tell those who blame me long,

يكفيني الهوى كم تمتحني

يكفيني الهوى كم تمتحني

لا نلت المرام

لا نلت المرام

Love is enough for me—how much you test me!

My love tries me enough, I'll get no rest.

May you never attain your aim!

Leave me to love the fair one,

دعني في هوى زين الثنى

دعني في هوى زين الثنى

اني له غلام

اني له غلام

Leave me in love with the one of graceful sway;

For to him I'm a slave.

I am his servant.

I swear by the guiding Prophet Muhammad,

أقسم بالنبي الهادي محمد

أقسم بالنبي الهادي محمد

ما استمع العذول

ما استمع العذول

I swear by the guiding Prophet, Muhammad:

No heed I pay to censures.

I do not listen to the reproacher.

By the righteous, merciful, glorious

البرّ الرحيم الندب الأمجد

البرّ الرحيم الندب الأمجد

النور الرسول

النور الرسول

The benevolent, the merciful, the magnanimous, the most glorious,

Messenger of light,

The light, the Messenger,

The pure son of the pure,

الطيب ابن الأطايب

الطيب ابن الأطايب

سيد بني آل غالب

سيد بني آل غالب

The pure one, son of the purest,

Master of the Family of the Victorious,

Master of the sons of the house of Ghalib.

I ask him for success in my hopes,

أساله نجح المطالب

أساله نجح المطالب

وستر كلّ المثالب

وستر كلّ المثالب

I ask him for the fulfillment of my wishes,

And to veil all my faults.

And the concealment of every fault.

O Prophet, my sin prevented me,

انني يا نبي ذنبي منعني

انني يا نبي ذنبي منعني

عن عالي المقام

عن عالي المقام

Indeed, O Prophet, my sin has barred me

From the lofty stations.

From the lofty station.

Help me, O succor of creation, revive me,

قم بي يا غياث الخلق غثني

قم بي يا غياث الخلق غثني

يا مسك الختام

يا مسك الختام

Stand by me, O succor of creation; come to my aid,

O seal of prophets!

O musk of the ending!