إني عَشِقْتُ مِنَ السَّعادَةِ مُسْعِدا

إني عَشِقْتُ مِنَ السَّعادَةِ مُسْعِدا

واصَلتُهُ فغدا مشوقاً شائقا

واصَلتُهُ فغدا مشوقاً شائقا

Indeed, by good fortune I fell in love with Mus‘id.

I fell in love with one happy and content

I joined with him, and he became both yearning and alluring.

I kept company with him, he became passionate and eager

فإذا دَنا جعلَ الزِّيارَةَ شأنَه

فإذا دَنا جعلَ الزِّيارَةَ شأنَه

وإذا نأى بعثَ الخَيالَ الطَّارِقا

وإذا نأى بعثَ الخَيالَ الطَّارِقا

So when he draws near, he makes it his business to visit;

When he came near, visiting became his habit

And when he is far away, he sends his phantom to visit by night.

When he was away, imagination came knocking

عاتبتُه يوماً وفي وَجَناتِه

عاتبتُه يوماً وفي وَجَناتِه

وَرْدٌ فصار من الحَياءِ شقَائِقا

وَرْدٌ فصار من الحَياءِ شقَائِقا

I reproached him one day, while on his cheeks

I reproached him one day and in his cheeks

Were roses; from bashfulness they turned to anemones.

Were roses that turned from shyness into anemones