كَم وَرَدنا مِن سحر عَينيك مشرع

كَم وَرَدنا مِن سحر عَينيك مشرع

وَأَصبنأ مَرعى لَدَيكَ وَمَرتَع

وَأَصبنأ مَرعى لَدَيكَ وَمَرتَع

How often we have reached a watering place in the enchantment of your eyes,

How much dawn did we get from your open eyes

And found with you a pasture and a grazing ground.

And we found pasture at you and meadow

مَشرع لَن يَغيض كَالأَبَد الزَا

مَشرع لَن يَغيض كَالأَبَد الزَا

خر يَجري إِلى مَدى مِنهُ أَوسَع

خر يَجري إِلى مَدى مِنهُ أَوسَع

A watering place that will never ebb, like eternity,

An openness that will not diminish like eternity

Overflowing, flowing toward a reach wider still.

Flowing to the farthest extent of it even more open

دافِقاً في الزَمان يَغمُر ما في الـ

دافِقاً في الزَمان يَغمُر ما في الـ

ـقَدَم الطَلق مِن فَضاء وَبَلقَع

ـقَدَم الطَلق مِن فَضاء وَبَلقَع

Pouring through time, flooding all that lies in

Flowing in time, flooding what was

Unbounded eternity past—open space and barren wasteland.

In the past, the clear space and plain

وَنَعمنا بِزاخر مِنكَ ثَرا

وَنَعمنا بِزاخر مِنكَ ثَرا

ر مَفيض عَلى القُلوب لِتَكرَع

ر مَفيض عَلى القُلوب لِتَكرَع

And we have delighted in a brimming flood from you,

And we enjoyed the abundant grace from you

Gushing, poured over hearts, that they may drink their fill.

Overflowing on hearts to quench their thirst

الجَمال الَّذي اِستَقادَ بِهِ اللَهُ

الجَمال الَّذي اِستَقادَ بِهِ اللَهُ

وُجوداً صَعب المَقادة أَروع

وُجوداً صَعب المَقادة أَروع

The beauty by which God brought under His sway

The beauty with which Allah prided Himself

A wondrous existence, hard to lead.

With generous existence, most wondrous

أَيهَذا الحَبيب كَم عِندَنا مِن

أَيهَذا الحَبيب كَم عِندَنا مِن

كَ نَعيم مِما تَجود وَتَمنع

كَ نَعيم مِما تَجود وَتَمنع

O beloved, how much we have from

O this beloved! How much bliss we have

You—bliss from what you bestow and withhold.

From what you give generously and deny

إِن لي مِن وَراء عَينيك هاتين

إِن لي مِن وَراء عَينيك هاتين

مَصلى وَفيهُما لي مخدع

مَصلى وَفيهُما لي مخدع

Indeed, beyond these two eyes of yours I have

Behind your two eyes I have

A place of prayer, and within them a bedchamber for me.

A prayer house and in them I have a retreat

فيهما لَوعة القُلوب وَنَعما

فيهما لَوعة القُلوب وَنَعما

ها وَكَم فيهما حَديث موقع

ها وَكَم فيهما حَديث موقع

In them are the hearts' anguish and their bliss,

In them is the hearts' agony and bounty

And how many resonant tales dwell in them!

And how much in them is an affecting tale

كَم بِجَنبي مِن مَفاتن ما تَخـ

كَم بِجَنبي مِن مَفاتن ما تَخـ

ـفض عَيناك مِن جَلال وَتَرفَع

ـفض عَيناك مِن جَلال وَتَرفَع

How many charms lie beside me in the majesty

How many charms next to me that your eyes

Your eyes lower and raise!

Do not lower from majesty and aloofness

نَفسُ هائم يَصعده الحُب

نَفسُ هائم يَصعده الحُب

نَدياً كَأَنَّما هُوَ مدمع

نَدياً كَأَنَّما هُوَ مدمع

A lovesick wanderer's breath, sent upward by love,

A passionate soul ascending with love

Dewy, as though it were a wellspring of tears.

Yearning as if tearful

مَرّ بِي عابِراً فَأَورَدته نَفس

مَرّ بِي عابِراً فَأَورَدته نَفس

اً أَصابَت مِن سحر عَينيك مشرع

اً أَصابَت مِن سحر عَينيك مشرع

It passed me by, so I led it to a soul

Passed by me fleetingly so my soul

That found a watering place in the enchantment of your eyes.

Got from the magic of your open eyes

فيهِ مِن لَوعَتي أَحاديث يَغلي

فيهِ مِن لَوعَتي أَحاديث يَغلي

في حَواشيها فُؤاد مُفزع

في حَواشيها فُؤاد مُفزع

Within it are tales of my anguish; seething

In it from my agony conversations boiling

At their margins is a terrified heart.

In their margins a distressed heart

كُل رَكب مِنها رَسول مِن القَلـ

كُل رَكب مِنها رَسول مِن القَلـ

ـب المَعنّى إِلى المَلاك الممنع

ـب المَعنّى إِلى المَلاك الممنع

Each caravan of them is a messenger from the

Every band of them a messenger

Tormented heart to the unapproachable angel.

From the heart conveying meaning to the angel denying

أَيهذا الحَبيب ما بي إِلّا

أَيهذا الحَبيب ما بي إِلّا

إِن دُنياك مِن نَعيمي مربع

إِن دُنياك مِن نَعيمي مربع

O beloved, all that ails me is

O beloved! I have nothing but

That your world is a springtime meadow of my bliss.

Your world is my delightful square

أَنا أَشقى بِالحُب مِن حَيث ما يَنـ

أَنا أَشقى بِالحُب مِن حَيث ما يَنـ

ـعم قَلب وَكَم أَلَذ وَأَمتَع

ـعم قَلب وَكَم أَلَذ وَأَمتَع

I suffer through love wherever

I am most miserable with love however much

A heart finds bliss—and how I delight and enjoy!

A heart gets bliss and most delicious

وَالهَوى نَعمة الزَمان وَنَعمى الـ

وَالهَوى نَعمة الزَمان وَنَعمى الـ

ـخُلد أَسمى مِن الحَياة وَأَرفَع

ـخُلد أَسمى مِن الحَياة وَأَرفَع

And love is time's blessing and the bliss of

And passion is the bliss of time and my bliss of

Eternity, loftier than life and more exalted.

Eternity loftier than life and most sublime

فَرد المُشَرع الَّذي لَيسَ يَفنى

فَرد المُشَرع الَّذي لَيسَ يَفنى

إِن في ظِلِهِ مِن الخُلد مُشرع

إِن في ظِلِهِ مِن الخُلد مُشرع

So come to the watering place that never perishes:

So return the openness that does not vanish

For in its shade is a watering place of eternity.

For in its shade from eternity an openness