كَفَى شَرَفاً أَنّي بِحُبّكَ أَعْرِفُ

كَفَى شَرَفاً أَنّي بِحُبّكَ أَعْرِفُ

فَمَا آنَ أَنْ تَحْنُو عَليَّ وَتَعْطِفُ

فَمَا آنَ أَنْ تَحْنُو عَليَّ وَتَعْطِفُ

It is honor enough that I am known for loving you.

It's honor enough that through loving you I'm known

Has the time not come, then, for you to be tender toward me and show compassion?

So cease your disdain, show me mercy, bend down

عَمَرتُ جِهَاتي في هَوَاكَ ولا أَرَى

عَمَرتُ جِهَاتي في هَوَاكَ ولا أَرَى

سِوَاكَ وَما لي عَنْكَ ما عِشْتُ مَصْرِفُ

سِوَاكَ وَما لي عَنْكَ ما عِشْتُ مَصْرِفُ

I have filled my every quarter with love for you, and I see

I've roamed the world for your love and none else I see

None but you; while I live, there is no turning away from you for me.

But you, none can sway me from you while I have breath

فَزِدْ في التَّجَنّي حَيْثُ شِئْتَ فَإِنَّهُ

فَزِدْ في التَّجَنّي حَيْثُ شِئْتَ فَإِنَّهُ

وَحقِّكَ أَنْتَ المالِكُ المُتَصَرِّفُ

وَحقِّكَ أَنْتَ المالِكُ المُتَصَرِّفُ

So wrong me still more, however you wish, for it is true:

Then punish at will, act as you see fit, it's your right

By your worth, you are the master who holds sway.

For you are the master with absolute might

وَمِثْليَ أَوْلَى مَنْ يَمُوتُ صَبابةً

وَمِثْليَ أَوْلَى مَنْ يَمُوتُ صَبابةً

وَمِثْلُكَ أَوْلَى مَنْ يَحنُّ وَيُسْعِفُ

وَمِثْلُكَ أَوْلَى مَنْ يَحنُّ وَيُسْعِفُ

And one like me is most fit to die of ardent longing,

And one such as I should rightly pine unto death

And one like you is most fit to show tenderness and grant relief.

And one such as you should pity and give relief

أَيا مَنْ لَهُ الحُسْنُ الّذي بَهَر الوَرَى

أَيا مَنْ لَهُ الحُسْنُ الّذي بَهَر الوَرَى

وَمَنْ حَازَ مَعْنىً لا يُحَدُّ وَيُوصَفُ

وَمَنْ حَازَ مَعْنىً لا يُحَدُّ وَيُوصَفُ

O you whose beauty has dazzled all creation,

O you of beauty beyond all mortal acclaim

And who possess an essence that cannot be bounded or described,

That speaks of a meaning no words can contain

تَجلَّيْتَ لي في كُلّ شَيءٍ تَكَرُّماً

تَجلَّيْتَ لي في كُلّ شَيءٍ تَكَرُّماً

فَلَسْتُ لِهَجْرٍ وَاقعٍ أَتخوَّفُ

فَلَسْتُ لِهَجْرٍ وَاقعٍ أَتخوَّفُ

You have graciously revealed yourself to me in everything,

You have graced me in all things, been generous and kind

So I do not fear any estrangement coming to pass.

Leaving no dread of estrangement to cause me pain

وَحُزْتَ جَمالاً لَيْسَ فِي الخَلْقِ مِثْلُهُ

وَحُزْتَ جَمالاً لَيْسَ فِي الخَلْقِ مِثْلُهُ

بِهِ دَائِماً قَلْبِي يَهيمُ وَيُشْغَفُ

بِهِ دَائِماً قَلْبِي يَهيمُ وَيُشْغَفُ

And you possess a beauty unmatched in all creation;

A beauty that has no like in all humankind

My heart is forever lost in love for it, and enthralled.

Has captured my heart, enthralled it, made it shine

فَخدُّكَ وَرْدٌ وَاللَّواحِظُ نَرْجِسٌ

فَخدُّكَ وَرْدٌ وَاللَّواحِظُ نَرْجِسٌ

وَشَخْصُكَ نِدْمانٌ وَرِيقُكَ قَرْقَفُ

وَشَخْصُكَ نِدْمانٌ وَرِيقُكَ قَرْقَفُ

For your cheek is a rose, and your glancing eyes are narcissi;

Your cheek is a rose and your glances narcissi

And you are a drinking companion, and your saliva is wine.

Your form like straight poplars, your saliva wine

وَجَفْنُكَ نَبَّالٌ وَشَعْرُكَ مُسْبَلٌ

وَجَفْنُكَ نَبَّالٌ وَشَعْرُكَ مُسْبَلٌ

وقدّكَ خَطِّيٌّ وَلَحْظُكَ مُرْهَفُ

وقدّكَ خَطِّيٌّ وَلَحْظُكَ مُرْهَفُ

And your eyelid is an archer, and your hair hangs loose;

Your lids are like violets, your hair loosely curled

And your stature is a spear of Khatt, and your glance is keen-edged.

Your stature a sapling, your gaze finely honed