يا من يَعوذ به الورى

يا من يَعوذ به الورى

من مُجِبرٍ أو مُستطيعِ

من مُجِبرٍ أو مُستطيعِ

O you in whom all people seek refuge,

O Refuge of mankind

Whether compelled or free to act.

From the compelling or the able

أَنتَ الربيع وإنما

أَنتَ الربيع وإنما

جادَ الزمانُ على الربيع

جادَ الزمانُ على الربيع

You are spring itself; it is only that

You are the spring, though

Time has lavished its bounty upon spring.

Time has been harsh on spring

غَفَلَ الرقيبُ فزارني

غَفَلَ الرقيبُ فزارني

قمرٌ مطالعه ضلوعي

قمرٌ مطالعه ضلوعي

The watcher grew heedless, so I was visited by

The guard was heedless, so the moon visited me

A moon whose rising places are my ribs.

Its rising at my ribs

فرنا إلى مَجْرى الكؤو

فرنا إلى مَجْرى الكؤو

سِ وأنتَ أعلمُ بالخليع

سِ وأنتَ أعلمُ بالخليع

Then he gazed toward the flow of the cups,

So we fled to the course of modesty

And you know the libertine best.

While You know best the shameless

فابعثْ بها تُسْلي النفو

فابعثْ بها تُسْلي النفو

سَ وتَقْتَضي أمْن المروع

سَ وتَقْتَضي أمْن المروع

So send it, to console souls

Send us relief to soothe the souls

And secure the frightened one's peace.

And fulfill the safety of the frightened

لأرى بديلةَ ريقِهِ

لأرى بديلةَ ريقِهِ

ويرى بديلاً من دموعي

ويرى بديلاً من دموعي

So I may find a substitute for his saliva,

So I may see the substitute of its radiance

And he may find a substitute for my tears.

And it may see a substitute for my tears

نَبَتْ بيَ حِمْصُ جادَها كلُّ مُرْهِمٍ

نَبَتْ بيَ حِمْصُ جادَها كلُّ مُرْهِمٍ

تُهِلُّ الرُّبا بالشكرِ أيَّانَ يَهْمَعُ

تُهِلُّ الرُّبا بالشكرِ أيَّانَ يَهْمَعُ

Hims has spurned me; may every drizzling cloud water it,

My sorrows blossomed and shed all their fruit

The hills cry out in thanks whenever it pours.

Gratitude hollows out hardships however they persist

وما كنتُ أخْشَى أن أَحُلَّ ببلدةٍ

وما كنتُ أخْشَى أن أَحُلَّ ببلدةٍ

بها غَصَصٌ من أهلها وهيَ بلْقَع

بها غَصَصٌ من أهلها وهيَ بلْقَع

And I did not fear that I would settle in a town

I did not fear to settle in a town

Where its people cause choking grief, though it is a wasteland.

Where it has partisans among its people, and it is spotted

وما أخملوني لكنِ المجدَ أَخْمَلُوا

وما أخملوني لكنِ المجدَ أَخْمَلُوا

وما ضَيّعُوني لكنِ العلمَ ضيعوا

وما ضَيّعُوني لكنِ العلمَ ضيعوا

And they have not obscured me; they have obscured glory.

They did not make me blink, but they blinked at glory

And they have not neglected me; they have neglected learning.

They did not lose me, but they lost knowledge

وبينَ ضُلوعي ما لو أنّ أقَلّهُ

وبينَ ضُلوعي ما لو أنّ أقَلّهُ

بأكْنافِ رَضْوى أوْشكتْ تتصدَّع

بأكْنافِ رَضْوى أوْشكتْ تتصدَّع

And between my ribs lies something—if its smallest part

Within my ribs is that - if I disclosed the least of it

Were in Radwa's flanks, it would almost split apart.

The edges of happiness would nearly crack

أشَاءُ من الأَيامِ ما لا تشاؤُهُ

أشَاءُ من الأَيامِ ما لا تشاؤُهُ

وأطْمَعُ في ما ليس لي فيه مَطْمَع

وأطْمَعُ في ما ليس لي فيه مَطْمَع

I desire from the days what they do not desire,

I desire of days what You do not

And I hope for what holds no hope for me.

And I covet what I have no coveting in

وينئينيَ الحرمانُ عن كلِّ مطْلَبٍ

وينئينيَ الحرمانُ عن كلِّ مطْلَبٍ

وَنَفْسِي عليه حَسْرَةً تتقطع

وَنَفْسِي عليه حَسْرَةً تتقطع

And deprivation keeps me far from every goal,

And deprivation denies me all I seek

And my soul is torn apart in grief over it.

While my soul agonizes over it, torn apart