عَلَى حُبِّكُمْ أَنْفَقْتُ حَاصِلَ أَدْمُعِي

عَلَى حُبِّكُمْ أَنْفَقْتُ حَاصِلَ أَدْمُعِي

وَغَيْرَ وَلاَكُمْ عَبْدُكُمْ مَا تَكَسْبا

وَغَيْرَ وَلاَكُمْ عَبْدُكُمْ مَا تَكَسْبا

For love of you, I have spent the whole store of my tears;

I spent the harvest of my tears for your love,

and your servant has earned nothing but devotion to you.

And for none but you, your slave earns no profit.

وحَاشَكُمُ أَنْ تُبْعِدُوا عَنْ جَنَابِكُمْ

وحَاشَكُمُ أَنْ تُبْعِدُوا عَنْ جَنَابِكُمْ

حَلِيفَ هَوىً بالرُّوحِ فِيْكُمْ تَقَرَّبا

حَلِيفَ هَوىً بالرُّوحِ فِيْكُمْ تَقَرَّبا

Far be it from you to banish from your presence

I implore you not to distance from your side,

a sworn companion of passion who drew near to you with his soul,

A confidant of passion who came close in spirit to you.

وَأَنْ تَهْجُروا مَنْ وَاصَلَ السُّهْدُ جَفْنَهُ

وَأَنْ تَهْجُروا مَنْ وَاصَلَ السُّهْدُ جَفْنَهُ

وَهَذْبَ فِيْكُمْ عِشْقَهُ فَتَهَذَّبا

وَهَذْبَ فِيْكُمْ عِشْقَهُ فَتَهَذَّبا

or forsake one whose eyelid sleeplessness has befriended,

And not to abandon one whose wakefulness has parched his eyelids,

who refined his passion for you and was himself refined.

And who refined his love until polished in you.

وَأَحْسنْتُمُ تَأْدِيبَهُ بِصُدُودِكُمْ

وَأَحْسنْتُمُ تَأْدِيبَهُ بِصُدُودِكُمْ

فَلاَ تَهْجُروهُ بَعْدَ مَا قَدْ تَأَدَّبا

فَلاَ تَهْجُروهُ بَعْدَ مَا قَدْ تَأَدَّبا

And you have schooled him well by turning away;

You have disciplined him well with your aloofness,

so do not forsake him now that he has learned proper conduct.

So do not now abandon him after he has learnt his lesson.

وَلِي مُهْجَةٌ دِينُ الصَّبَابَةِ دَيْنُهَا

وَلِي مُهْجَةٌ دِينُ الصَّبَابَةِ دَيْنُهَا

فَكَيْفَ تَرى عَنْكُمْ مَدَى الدَّهِرْ مَذْهَبا

فَكَيْفَ تَرى عَنْكُمْ مَدَى الدَّهِرْ مَذْهَبا

And I have a heart whose bounden duty is the faith of longing;

My passion is the religion of youth - it is its faith,

how, then, could it ever find a path away from you?

How then can you see me away from you for eternity?

وَلِي فِي ظِلاَلِ السِّرحَتَينِ تَنَزُّلٌ

وَلِي فِي ظِلاَلِ السِّرحَتَينِ تَنَزُّلٌ

لَبِسْنَا بِهِ بُرْداً مِنَ الوَصْلِ مُذْهَبا

لَبِسْنَا بِهِ بُرْداً مِنَ الوَصْلِ مُذْهَبا

And I have a dwelling in the shade of the two sarh trees,

In the shades of the two tufts I find rest,

where we donned a gilded mantle of union.

We wore it as a cloak of union that disappeared.

يَرُوقُكَ أَنْ يَرْوِي أَحَادِيثَ وُرْقِهِ

يَرُوقُكَ أَنْ يَرْوِي أَحَادِيثَ وُرْقِهِ

وَتَصْبُوا إِلى الأَلْحَانِ شَجْواً فَتْطْرَبا

وَتَصْبُوا إِلى الأَلْحَانِ شَجْواً فَتْطْرَبا

The telling of its gray doves' tales delights you,

You would enjoy if it relates the tale of its leaves,

and, sorrowing, you yearn for the melodies and are enraptured;

And you listen to the melodies pouring sadness and so resonate.

وَتَسْتَنْشِقَ الأَنْفَاسَ مِنْ نَسَمَاتِهِ

وَتَسْتَنْشِقَ الأَنْفَاسَ مِنْ نَسَمَاتِهِ

فَتَفْهَمَ مَعْنَى الزَّهْرِ مِنْ مَنْطَقِ الصَّبا

فَتَفْهَمَ مَعْنَى الزَّهْرِ مِنْ مَنْطَقِ الصَّبا

and you inhale the breaths borne on its breezes,

And inhale the breaths from its breeze,

and so grasp the meaning of the blossoms from the east wind's speech.

So you understand the meaning of the flower from the speech of the zephyr.