ناشَدتُكَ اللَهَ يا جَناني

ناشَدتُكَ اللَهَ يا جَناني

ما حالُ مَن فارَقَ الجِنان

ما حالُ مَن فارَقَ الجِنان

I adjure you by God, O my heart:

I implore you, my paradise,

what becomes of one parted from the gardens of paradise?

What is the state of one who left the gardens?

أَم هَل إِلى الوَصلِ وَالتَداني

أَم هَل إِلى الوَصلِ وَالتَداني

مِن بَعدِ ذا الهَجرِ لي تَدان

مِن بَعدِ ذا الهَجرِ لي تَدان

Or, toward reunion and closeness,

Or is there after this estrangement any closeness and affection for me?

can I draw near after this estrangement?

Who will grant me the most delightful of creatures for my soul?

مَن لي بِأَشهى الوَرى لِنَفسي

مَن لي بِأَشهى الوَرى لِنَفسي

بِمُنيَتي عِلقيَ النَفيس

بِمُنيَتي عِلقيَ النَفيس

Who will bring me the person my soul most desires,

Attaching my desire to the precious one.

my heart's desire, my precious treasure?

I left him after a long companionship,

فارَقتُهُ بَعدَ طولِ أنسي

فارَقتُهُ بَعدَ طولِ أنسي

وَطالَما باتَ لي أَنيس

وَطالَما باتَ لي أَنيس

I parted from him after long companionship,

And he would spend many a night as a consoling friend.

and so often he had been my companion by night.

How he healed my sorrows with his company,

وَكَم شَفى بِالوِصالِ خَمسي

وَكَم شَفى بِالوِصالِ خَمسي

وَالسَعدُ قَد حَلَّ في خَميس

وَالسَعدُ قَد حَلَّ في خَميس

How often our union quenched my five-day thirst,

And happiness resided in our intimacy.

and good fortune had alighted in an army.

With him I would assault all those who reproached me,

أَغزو بِهِ كُلَّ مَن عَناني

أَغزو بِهِ كُلَّ مَن عَناني

وَفي يَمينِ الهَوى العِنان

وَفي يَمينِ الهَوى العِنان

With it I assail all who beset me,

And in passion’s reigns lies the bridle.

and the reins lie in Love's right hand.

If the son of Hani were to see our state,

فَلَو رأى حالَنا ابنُ هاني

فَلَو رأى حالَنا ابنُ هاني

لَقالَ قَد نِلتُمُ التَهان

لَقالَ قَد نِلتُمُ التَهان

Had Ibn Hani seen our state,

He would say you have attained tranquility.

he would have said, 'You have earned congratulations.'

O questioner who fills my answer,

يا سائِلاً يَملا الجَوابي

يا سائِلاً يَملا الجَوابي

هَل سائِلٌ يَسمَعُ الجَواب

هَل سائِلٌ يَسمَعُ الجَواب

O flowing one who fills the cisterns,

Is there a questioner who hears the answer

is there a questioner to hear the answer

From a distressed, loving, afflicted one

مِن مُدنَفٍ مُغرَمٍ مُصابِ

مِن مُدنَفٍ مُغرَمٍ مُصابِ

ذاقَ مِنَ الهَجرِ طَعمَ صاب

ذاقَ مِنَ الهَجرِ طَعمَ صاب

from one wasted by sickness, lovesick, stricken,

Who has tasted the bitterness of estrangement?

who tasted the bitter sap of estrangement,

And spent the night in the chains of torment,

وَباتَ في رِبقَةِ العَذابِ

وَباتَ في رِبقَةِ العَذابِ

شَوقاً لأخلاقِكَ العِذاب

شَوقاً لأخلاقِكَ العِذاب

and spent the night in torment's noose,

Yearning for your tormenting morals,

yearning for your sweet ways?

And in the painful passion he suffers,

وَفي أَليم الهَوى يُعاني

وَفي أَليم الهَوى يُعاني

وَالآنَ يَرجوهُ كالأَمان

وَالآنَ يَرجوهُ كالأَمان

And in love's anguish he suffers,

And now he hopes for it as safety.

yet now he hopes for it as for safety.

Convey my greetings to my united family,

بَلِّغ سَلامي لَجَمعِ شَملي

بَلِّغ سَلامي لَجَمعِ شَملي

بِاللَهِ يا نَسمَةَ الشَمال

بِاللَهِ يا نَسمَةَ الشَمال

Convey my greetings to my gathered companions,

I swear to you, O breeze of the north,

by God, O breeze of the north.

And bring, O gentle breeze, and tell me,

وَهاتِ يا نَفحَةً وَقُل لي

وَهاتِ يا نَفحَةً وَقُل لي

غُزلانُ إِيناسُ أَينَ قالَ

غُزلانُ إِيناسُ أَينَ قالَ

And bring word, O breeze, and tell me:

Where did the beloved say:

where did the gazelles of Inas rest at noon?

And you, my raging passion and all of me,

وَأَنتَ يا مُهجَتي وَكُلّي

وَأَنتَ يا مُهجَتي وَكُلّي

لا تَخشَ مِن صَبِّكَ الكَلال

لا تَخشَ مِن صَبِّكَ الكَلال

And you, O my life's blood and my everything,

Do not fear that your passion will diminish.

do not fear your lovesick lover's weariness.

For love, O full moon, has quenched me

فالحُبُّ يا بَدرُ قَد سَقاني

فالحُبُّ يا بَدرُ قَد سَقاني

كأساً مِنَ الخَندَريسِ قان

كأساً مِنَ الخَندَريسِ قان

For love, O full moon, has given me to drink

A cup from the nectar, delighting me.

a cup of crimson aged wine.

Elated and drunk have gathered,

وَاِجتَمَعَ الراحُ بِالقيانِ

وَاِجتَمَعَ الراحُ بِالقيانِ

وَيا خليلَيّ أَسقيان

وَيا خليلَيّ أَسقيان

And wine and singing girls have come together;

And O my friend, they have made me drink.

and, O my two dear friends, give me drink!

I wore the garb of bliss when

لَبِستُ ثَوبَ السُرورِ ضافِ

لَبِستُ ثَوبَ السُرورِ ضافِ

لَمّا اِعتَنى بي أَبو الضياف

لَمّا اِعتَنى بي أَبو الضياف

I donned joy's ample robe

The hospitality of the generous father took care of me.

when Abu al-Diyaf took care of me.

And I was, without any discord,

وَكُنتُ مِن غَير ما خِلافِ

وَكُنتُ مِن غَير ما خِلافِ

لَولا تَلافيهِ في تَلاف

لَولا تَلافيهِ في تَلاف

And I would have been, without any doubt,

Were it not for his reconciling discord,

in ruin, but for his rescue.

As his utterance to sorrows was healing,

إِذ لَفظُهُ لِلهُمومِ شافِ

إِذ لَفظُهُ لِلهُمومِ شافِ

وَفي عُيونِ الوَرى يُشاف

وَفي عُيونِ الوَرى يُشاف

For his speech is a cure for sorrows,

And in the eyes of people, healing.

and in people's eyes he is seen

One with a lofty, eminent dwelling,

ذو مَنزِلٍ شامِخٍ وَشانِ

ذو مَنزِلٍ شامِخٍ وَشانِ

بالرَغمِ مِن أَنفِ كُلّ شان

بالرَغمِ مِن أَنفِ كُلّ شان

as a man of lofty standing and distinction,

Despite the nose of every eminent one.

with every hater's nose humbled.

May he remain for eternity in tranquility

دامَ مَدى الدَهرِ في تَهانِ

دامَ مَدى الدَهرِ في تَهانِ

وَمَن يُناويهِ في هَوانِ

وَمَن يُناويهِ في هَوانِ

May he endure through all time amid felicitations,

And whoever wishes him humiliation,

and may whoever opposes him be in disgrace.

Take it despite whoever disapproves,

خُذها عَلى رَغمِ مَن قَلاها

خُذها عَلى رَغمِ مَن قَلاها

تَعلو عَلى اللَحنِ في المَقال

تَعلو عَلى اللَحنِ في المَقال

Take her, despite whoever has scorned her:

Rising above the tune in speech.

she rises above errors in speech,

A chaste, saucy, maiden in her adornment,

عَذراءَ غَرّاءَ في حُلاها

عَذراءَ غَرّاءَ في حُلاها

وَسِحرُ أَلفاظِها حَلال

وَسِحرُ أَلفاظِها حَلال

a virgin, radiant in her adornments,

And the magic of her words is lawful.

and the magic of her words is lawful.

Her passion does not complain of her coquetry,

لا يَشتَكي صَبّها قِلاها

لا يَشتَكي صَبّها قِلاها

مَهما شَدا مُغرَمٌ وَقال

مَهما شَدا مُغرَمٌ وَقال

Her lovesick admirer does not lament her disdain

No matter how intensely a lover speaks.

whenever a lover sings and says:

I implore you, my paradise,

ناشَدتُكَ اللَهَ يا جَناني

ناشَدتُكَ اللَهَ يا جَناني

ما حالُ مَن فارَقَ الجِنان

ما حالُ مَن فارَقَ الجِنان

I adjure you by God, O my heart:

What is the state of one who left the gardens?

what becomes of one parted from the gardens of paradise?

Or is there after this estrangement any closeness and affection for me?

أَم هَل إِلى الوَصلِ وَالتَداني

أَم هَل إِلى الوَصلِ وَالتَداني

مِن بَعدِ ذا الهَجرِ لي تَدان

مِن بَعدِ ذا الهَجرِ لي تَدان

Or, toward reunion and closeness,

can I draw near after this estrangement?