جعلتم للفؤاد شغلا

جعلتم للفؤاد شغلا

وأنتم مهجتي وأغلى

وأنتم مهجتي وأغلى

You have kept the heart occupied,

You have preoccupied my heart,

and you are my very soul, and dearer still.

Yet you are my beloved agony.

أحللتم في سواد عيني

أحللتم في سواد عيني

تالله نوّرتم المحلا

تالله نوّرتم المحلا

You have settled in my eye's dark pupil;

You dwelled in the darkness of my eyes,

by God, you have lit up the dwelling.

By God, you illuminated the abode.

يا مالكين الفؤاد رفقا

يا مالكين الفؤاد رفقا

يا مالكين العنان مهلا

يا مالكين العنان مهلا

O masters of the heart, be gentle;

O gentle masters of my heart, be kind,

O holders of the reins, go slowly.

O firmly gripped masters of my reigns, wait.

رضيتُ إلا الصدود منكم

رضيتُ إلا الصدود منكم

فحمِّلوني في الحب إلا

فحمِّلوني في الحب إلا

I accept everything from you but rejection;

I accept only aloofness from you,

so lay upon me a covenant in love.

So burden me with love alone.

انا الذي ذقت في هواكم

انا الذي ذقت في هواكم

ماذاق قيس من حب ليلى

ماذاق قيس من حب ليلى

I am he who, in love for you, has tasted

I who have tasted in your love,

what Qays tasted from his love for Layla.

What Qays tasted of Laila's love.

ازيدكم ما استطعت حبا

ازيدكم ما استطعت حبا

ما زادني العاذلون عذلا

ما زادني العاذلون عذلا

I increase my love for you as much as I can,

I increase you with all the love I can,

as the reproachers increase their blame of me.

More than the enamoured increased their craze.

يا اكحل العين اى ذنب

يا اكحل العين اى ذنب

صير حظي لديك كحلا

صير حظي لديك كحلا

O you of kohl-dark eyes, what sin

O kohl of the eye, what sin have I,

has made my lot with you black as kohl?

Make my fortune black kohl to you.

يا لين الأذن هل الانوا

يا لين الأذن هل الانوا

وشاية في الهوى ونقلا

وشاية في الهوى ونقلا

O pliant of ear, have they softened

O soft of ear, do the reproachers

slander and tale-bearing in love?

Gossip of love and convey words?

يا نافر العِطف لا لداع

يا نافر العِطف لا لداع

من ذا أراك النِفار سهلا

من ذا أراك النِفار سهلا

O you who turn your shoulder away without cause,

O you who turn away your kindness, no no,

who made turning away seem easy to you?

Who made you turn away so easily?

صبك ما يستفيق عشقا

صبك ما يستفيق عشقا

وأنت ما تستفيق دلا

وأنت ما تستفيق دلا

Your lover never sobers from passion,

You poured what does not awaken passion,

and you never sober from coquetry.

While you do not awaken to insight.

هلا حكيت الغصون لينا

هلا حكيت الغصون لينا

كما حكتك الغصون شكلا

كما حكتك الغصون شكلا

Why not imitate the boughs in suppleness,

Why did you not tell the branches about me,

as the boughs have imitated you in form?

As the branches told you of my form?

جعلت في راحتيك وحى

جعلت في راحتيك وحى

وذاك شئ في الحب قلا

وذاك شئ في الحب قلا

I placed [my soul?] in your two palms,

You made your comfort a revelation,

and that is a small thing in love.

And that is scarce in love.

وتبتغون السلو منى

وتبتغون السلو منى

يا مالك الروح كيف تُسلى

يا مالك الروح كيف تُسلى

Yet you want me to forget;

Yet you seek solace from me,

O master of the soul, how can you be forgotten?

How can the soul's master be consoled?

تماد في الهجر أو تمهل

تماد في الهجر أو تمهل

لعل بعد الصدود وصلا

لعل بعد الصدود وصلا

Persist in estrangement, or take your time;

Persist in estrangement or wait,

perhaps, after rejection, there will be union.

Perhaps after aloofness comes union.

تكاد بشرى رضاك عندى

تكاد بشرى رضاك عندى

تعدل بشرى القدوم فعلا

تعدل بشرى القدوم فعلا

To me, the glad news of your favor almost

The tidings of your pleasure to me,

equals, in truth, the glad news of your arrival.

Are almost equal to your arrival in reality.