آشيم يا من بحبه نعلو

آشيم يا من بحبه نعلو

ومن أديم السهى له نعل

ومن أديم السهى له نعل

Ashim, O you through whose love we rise,

My love, for whom I soar high,

And for whom Suha's skin is a sandal.

And for whom I make shoes out of tenderness,

عزت مع الشوق نحو السبل

عزت مع الشوق نحو السبل

وبات صعبا لقاؤك السهل

وبات صعبا لقاؤك السهل

Amid longing, the paths toward you grew hard to reach,

My longing has risen along with yearning for the paths,

And meeting you, once easy, became difficult.

And meeting you has become difficult, you who were once so easy to reach.

يا ليت شعري والبعد مجلبة

يا ليت شعري والبعد مجلبة

للتَّرك والعيش كله شغل

للتَّرك والعيش كله شغل

Oh, if only I knew—for distance breeds

If only my poetry knew, and distance was a gathering

Neglect, and life is all preoccupation—

Place for leaving and for living that is all work.

أذاكرٌ أنت أم نسيت لنا

أذاكرٌ أنت أم نسيت لنا

إذ نحن طفلان والهوى طفل

إذ نحن طفلان والهوى طفل

Do you remember, or have you forgotten how it was for us,

Do you remember me, or have you forgotten us

When we were two children, and love was a child,

When we were children and love was a child?

إذ تعجب الهند والديار بنا

إذ تعجب الهند والديار بنا

ويعجب الناظرون والأهل

ويعجب الناظرون والأهل

When India and the lands marveled at us,

When India and its lands were amazed by us

And the onlookers and the family marveled,

And onlookers and family were amazed.

وإذ يدب الغرام مجتهدا

وإذ يدب الغرام مجتهدا

ونحن لا فكرة ولا عقل

ونحن لا فكرة ولا عقل

And when passion crept in, striving,

When passion crept slowly

While we had neither thought nor reason?

While we had no thoughts or minds.

ما نحن قلنا فالحب قائله

ما نحن قلنا فالحب قائله

وما فعلنا فللهوى الفعل

وما فعلنا فللهوى الفعل

Whatever we said, love was the one who said it;

We did not speak - for love was the speaker

And whatever we did, the deed belonged to love.

And we did not act - for desire was the actor.

وإن نقلنا لبقعة قدما

وإن نقلنا لبقعة قدما

فللهوى لا البقعة النقل

فللهوى لا البقعة النقل

And if we moved a foot to a place,

If we moved to a place, our feet

The movement was for love, not for the place.

Were led by passion, not the place itself.

فإن تكن يا أمير ناسيَنا

فإن تكن يا أمير ناسيَنا

فنحن ما ننسى وما نسلو

فنحن ما ننسى وما نسلو

So if, O prince, you have forgotten us,

If you, oh prince of people, have forgotten us

Then we neither forget nor cease to love.

We do not forget and we do not neglect.

تلك سماء الهند شاهدة

تلك سماء الهند شاهدة

وأرضها والجبال والسهل

وأرضها والجبال والسهل

That sky of India bears witness,

The sky of India bears witness

And its earth, the mountains, and the plain,

And its land, mountains and plains.

وأنجم الهند ما طلعن لنا

وأنجم الهند ما طلعن لنا

وما رعتنا عيونها النجل

وما رعتنا عيونها النجل

And India's stars, as long as they rise for us,

The stars of India did not rise for us

And as long as their wide eyes watch over us:

Nor did its bright eyes watch over us.

إنى على العهد ما حييت فإن

إنى على العهد ما حييت فإن

خلوت تبقى العهود لا تخلو

خلوت تبقى العهود لا تخلو

Indeed, I am true to the pledge as long as I live; and if

I, true to my vow, live on - for if

I am gone, the pledges remain; they do not vanish.

I pass, pacts do not pass away.