عَلَىfor حُبِّكُمْlove of you أَنْفَقْتُI spent حَاصِلَthe store of أَدْمُعِيmy tears
عَلَى حُبِّكُمْ أَنْفَقْتُ حَاصِلَ أَدْمُعِي
وَغَيْرَand other than وَلاَكُمْdevotion to you عَبْدُكُمْyour servant مَاnot تَكَسْباhas earned
وَغَيْرَ وَلاَكُمْ عَبْدُكُمْ مَا تَكَسْبا
Upon your love I have spent the whole store of my tears;
For love of you I spent the whole store of my tears;
apart from devotion to you, your servant has gained nothing.
and your servant has earned nothing but devotion to you.
وحَاشَكُمُand far be it from you أَنْto تُبْعِدُواyou banish عَنْfrom جَنَابِكُمْyour presence
وحَاشَكُمُ أَنْ تُبْعِدُوا عَنْ جَنَابِكُمْ
حَلِيفَone pledged to هَوىًpassion بالرُّوحِwith the soul فِيْكُمْtoward you تَقَرَّباdrew near
حَلِيفَ هَوىً بالرُّوحِ فِيْكُمْ تَقَرَّبا
Far be it from you to banish from your presence
And far be it from you to banish from your presence
one sworn to love, who with his very soul drew near to you;
one pledged to passion, who drew near to you with his soul,
وَأَنْand to تَهْجُرواyou forsake مَنْone whom وَاصَلَkept company with السُّهْدُsleeplessness جَفْنَهُhis eyelid
وَأَنْ تَهْجُروا مَنْ وَاصَلَ السُّهْدُ جَفْنَهُ
وَهَذْبَand refined فِيْكُمْfor you عِشْقَهُhis love فَتَهَذَّباand so was refined
وَهَذْبَ فِيْكُمْ عِشْقَهُ فَتَهَذَّبا
or to forsake one whose eyelid sleeplessness has never left,
and to forsake one whose eyelid sleeplessness has haunted,
and whose love for you was disciplined until he grew refined.
who refined his love for you, and so was himself refined.
وَأَحْسنْتُمُand you did well in تَأْدِيبَهُdisciplining him بِصُدُودِكُمْby your turning away
وَأَحْسنْتُمُ تَأْدِيبَهُ بِصُدُودِكُمْ
فَلاَso do not تَهْجُروهُyou forsake him بَعْدَafter مَاthat قَدْalready تَأَدَّباhe learned manners
فَلاَ تَهْجُروهُ بَعْدَ مَا قَدْ تَأَدَّبا
You perfected his training through your aloofness—
And you have disciplined him well by turning away;
so do not forsake him now that he has learned his manners.
so do not forsake him now that he has learned his manners.
وَلِيand I have مُهْجَةٌa heart دِينُthe creed of الصَّبَابَةِlonging دَيْنُهَاits debt
وَلِي مُهْجَةٌ دِينُ الصَّبَابَةِ دَيْنُهَا
فَكَيْفَso how تَرىcould it see عَنْكُمْaway from you مَدَىthroughout الدَّهِرْall time مَذْهَباa path
فَكَيْفَ تَرى عَنْكُمْ مَدَى الدَّهِرْ مَذْهَبا
I have a soul whose creed and debt is ardent love;
And I have a heart whose debt is the creed of longing;
how, then, could it ever see a path leading away from you?
how, then, could it ever see a path away from you?
وَلِيand I have فِيin ظِلاَلِthe shade of السِّرحَتَينِthe two sarh trees تَنَزُّلٌa sojourn
وَلِي فِي ظِلاَلِ السِّرحَتَينِ تَنَزُّلٌ
لَبِسْنَاwe donned بِهِin it بُرْداًa mantle مِنَof الوَصْلِunion مُذْهَباgilded
لَبِسْنَا بِهِ بُرْداً مِنَ الوَصْلِ مُذْهَبا
Beneath the shade of the two sarḥ trees I have a resting place,
And I sojourn in the shade of the two sarh trees;
where we donned a mantle of union, embroidered with gold.
there we donned a gilded mantle of union.
يَرُوقُكَit delights you أَنْthat يَرْوِيit recounts أَحَادِيثَthe tales of وُرْقِهِits gray doves
يَرُوقُكَ أَنْ يَرْوِي أَحَادِيثَ وُرْقِهِ
وَتَصْبُواand you yearn إِلىfor الأَلْحَانِthe melodies شَجْواًwistfully فَتْطْرَباand so you are enraptured
وَتَصْبُوا إِلى الأَلْحَانِ شَجْواً فَتْطْرَبا
It delights you to hear its ringdoves recount their tales,
It delights you that it recounts the tales of its gray doves,
and yearningly you incline to the melodies and are enraptured;
and you yearn wistfully for the melodies, and so are enraptured,
وَتَسْتَنْشِقَand you inhale الأَنْفَاسَthe breaths مِنْfrom نَسَمَاتِهِits breezes
وَتَسْتَنْشِقَ الأَنْفَاسَ مِنْ نَسَمَاتِهِ
فَتَفْهَمَand so you understand مَعْنَىthe meaning of الزَّهْرِthe blossoms مِنْfrom مَنْطَقِthe speech of الصَّباthe east wind
فَتَفْهَمَ مَعْنَى الزَّهْرِ مِنْ مَنْطَقِ الصَّبا
and to breathe in fragrances borne upon its gentle breezes,
and inhale the breaths from its breezes,
and thus discern the flowers’ meaning in the speech of the east wind.
and so understand the blossoms' meaning from the east wind's speech.
