قَد ذِبتُ مِن أَلَم الجَوى

قَد ذِبتُ مِن أَلَم الجَوى

فَاِستَبقِ بِعضكَ يا فُؤاد

فَاِستَبقِ بِعضكَ يا فُؤاد

I have melted away from love’s anguish.

I've wasted away from the pain of longing,

So preserve some of yourself, O heart.

So hurry, my heart, and join the rest.

وَاِعلَم بِأَنَكَ لا تَر

وَاِعلَم بِأَنَكَ لا تَر

د إِذا فَنيت وَلا تُعاد

د إِذا فَنيت وَلا تُعاد

And know that you will not be brought back—

Know that when you're gone, you'll not

if you perish, nor be restored.

Return, once expired, to be restored.

يَخلو بِطَيف لَو بِهِ

يَخلو بِطَيف لَو بِهِ

سَمَحوا لَما سَمَحَ السُهاد

سَمَحوا لَما سَمَحَ السُهاد

He would commune with a phantom: even if it—

My darling's apparition, though they

were permitted by them, sleeplessness would not permit it.

Had relented, would not relent the rigors.

وَمَمنع مِما يَتيهُ

وَمَمنع مِما يَتيهُ

يَكاد يغضبهُ الوِداد

يَكاد يغضبهُ الوِداد

And an unapproachable one, so haughty—

He who's denied what he craves

that affection almost angers him.

Is vexed by affection itself.

أَقسَمت لَو سَمَعَ الجَما

أَقسَمت لَو سَمَعَ الجَما

د حَديثُهُ رَقَص الجَماد

د حَديثُهُ رَقَص الجَماد

I swear, if lifeless matter heard—

I swear, if the masses heard his words,

his speech, lifeless matter would dance.

The very rocks would dance.

حَبيبهِ انزل بي جُنو

حَبيبهِ انزل بي جُنو

ن الحُب فَاِرتَحل الرَشاد

ن الحُب فَاِرتَحل الرَشاد

His beloved brought upon me the madness—

He said, "My love, rain down on me

of love, and reason departed.

Misfortunes of passion"—so goodbye, reason!

وَمِن الشَقاوَة حُب قا

وَمِن الشَقاوَة حُب قا

سٍ لا بَرق وَلا يَكاد

سٍ لا بَرق وَلا يَكاد

And among miseries is loving a cruel one—

How wretched to love a lightning flash

who does not soften, nor comes close [reading 'softens' for the supplied 'lightning'].

That scarcely exists before it fades.

مَولايَ برَّح بي الجَفا

مَولايَ برَّح بي الجَفا

وَالصَد عَني وَالبُعاد

وَالصَد عَني وَالبُعاد

My lord, estrangement has sorely tormented me,

My master, relieve me of rejection

and turning away from me, and separation.

And distance and banishment.

فَالدَمع وَردي دائِماً

فَالدَمع وَردي دائِماً

وَالجَمر لِي أَبَداً مهاد

وَالجَمر لِي أَبَداً مهاد

So tears are always my daily drink,

For my tears are always my wine,

and embers are forever my bed.

And embers forever my bed.

مَن لي بِصَبر وَالنَصي

مَن لي بِصَبر وَالنَصي

ر عَنكَ ما لا يُستَفاد

ر عَنكَ ما لا يُستَفاد

Who will give me patience? And a helper—

Who will grant me patience or

apart from you is something that cannot be obtained.

Dissuade me from you, to no avail?