مَلامُكَ لا رَبْطٌ لَدَيْهِ وَلاَ حَلُّ

مَلامُكَ لا رَبْطٌ لَدَيْهِ وَلاَ حَلُّ

دَمِي لِلْهَوى إِنْ كَانَ يُرْضِي الهَوَى حِلُّ

دَمِي لِلْهَوى إِنْ كَانَ يُرْضِي الهَوَى حِلُّ

Your reproach can neither bind nor unbind.

Your blame, it has no connection, no solution

My blood is love's to spill, if that pleases love.

My blood is for passion, if passion finds it a solution

إِلَيْكَ وَمَا مَوَّهْتَ عَنِّي فإِنَّما ال

إِلَيْكَ وَمَا مَوَّهْتَ عَنِّي فإِنَّما ال

تَجَاهُلُ عِنْدَ العارِفينَ بهِ جَهْلُ

تَجَاهُلُ عِنْدَ العارِفينَ بهِ جَهْلُ

Away with you and what you have concealed from me; for

To you, though you feigned ignorance of me, it's just

feigned ignorance is merely ignorance to those who recognize it.

Ignorance to the knowledgeable is but ignorance

بِرُوحي وَأَهْلي مَنْ إِذَا عَرضُوا لَهَا

بِرُوحي وَأَهْلي مَنْ إِذَا عَرضُوا لَهَا

بِذِكْرِي قَالتْ دُونَهُ الرُّوحُ والأَهْلُ

بِذِكْرِي قَالتْ دُونَهُ الرُّوحُ والأَهْلُ

My soul and family for her who, when they hint to her

My soul and family are for those who, if they come across them

of me, says, 'My soul and family are his ransom.'

Say, beyond it, the soul and family

تُحِدِّثَ في النَّادِي بِذكْرِي وَذِكْرِها

تُحِدِّثَ في النَّادِي بِذكْرِي وَذِكْرِها

وَصار لأَهْلِ الحَيِّ مِنْ ذِكْرنا شُغْلُ

وَصار لأَهْلِ الحَيِّ مِنْ ذِكْرنا شُغْلُ

At the gathering, there was talk of me and of her,

You converse in the club about me and her

and talk of us became the quarter's people's preoccupation.

And it became for the people of the neighborhood from our mention, a preoccupation

وَمَا الحُبَّ إِلّا أَنْ يُقِلُّوا وَيُكْثِروا

وَمَا الحُبَّ إِلّا أَنْ يُقِلُّوا وَيُكْثِروا

بِنَا وَيَصِحُّوا في الظُّنُونِ وَيَعْتَلُّوا

بِنَا وَيَصِحُّوا في الظُّنُونِ وَيَعْتَلُّوا

Love is nothing but their saying little and much

Love is not but that they speak little and excessively of us

about us, being right in their suspicions and being wrong.

And they fantasize in suspicions and become confused

أَبتْ رِقّتي إِلّا الَّذي يَقْتَضِي الهَوَى

أَبتْ رِقّتي إِلّا الَّذي يَقْتَضِي الهَوَى

وَعَزْمِي إِلّا ما اقْتَضَى الرَّأيُ والعَقْلُ

وَعَزْمِي إِلّا ما اقْتَضَى الرَّأيُ والعَقْلُ

My tenderness refused all but what passion demands,

My tenderness refused except what passion requires

and my resolve all but what judgment and reason demanded.

And my resolve except what reason and mind requires

فَواعَجَباً أَنّي خَفِيتُ وَلَمْ أَبِنْ

فَواعَجَباً أَنّي خَفِيتُ وَلَمْ أَبِنْ

وَقَدْ رَاحَ مَمْلُوءً بِي الحَزْنُ والسَّهْلُ

وَقَدْ رَاحَ مَمْلُوءً بِي الحَزْنُ والسَّهْلُ

How astonishing that I remain hidden and unseen,

So strange that I was hidden and did not reveal

though rugged land and plain have become filled with me!

While filled with sorrow and barrenness

طَريدٌ وَلِي مَأْوىً مُباحٌ وَلِي حِمىً

طَريدٌ وَلِي مَأْوىً مُباحٌ وَلِي حِمىً

وَحِيدٌ وَلِي صَحْبٌ غَريبٌ وَلِي أَهْلُ

وَحِيدٌ وَلِي صَحْبٌ غَريبٌ وَلِي أَهْلُ

An outcast, yet I have a refuge; fair game, yet I have a sanctuary.

Hunted yet I have an allowed refuge, lonely yet I have company

Alone, yet I have companions; a stranger, yet I have family.

A stranger yet I have family

سَأَجْهَدُ إِمَّا لِلمَنايا أَو المُنَى

سَأَجْهَدُ إِمَّا لِلمَنايا أَو المُنَى

قُصَاراي إِمّا النَّصْرُ أَو ما جَنَى النَّصْلُ

قُصَاراي إِمّا النَّصْرُ أَو ما جَنَى النَّصْلُ

I shall strive, whether for death or for my wishes;

I will strive either for death or purpose

my final outcome: either victory or what the blade reaps.

My goals either victory or what the blade reaped

فإِنْ لَمْ تَصِلْ بِي هِمَّتي بِمَطالِبي

فإِنْ لَمْ تَصِلْ بِي هِمَّتي بِمَطالِبي

وَلَمْ يَنْتَسِجْ للشَّيْبِ في لِمَّتي غَزْلُ

وَلَمْ يَنْتَسِجْ للشَّيْبِ في لِمَّتي غَزْلُ

For if my ambition does not carry me to my goals,

If my determination does not take me to my wants

and no yarn of gray has been woven through my locks,

And there is no youthfulness in my wrap for old age

فَلا نَظَرتْ عَيْني وَلا فَاهَ مِقْوَلي

فَلا نَظَرتْ عَيْني وَلا فَاهَ مِقْوَلي

وَلا بَطَشَتْ كَفِّي وَلا سَعَتِ الرِّجْلُ

وَلا بَطَشَتْ كَفِّي وَلا سَعَتِ الرِّجْلُ

then may my eye never see, nor my tongue speak,

Then my eye has not looked, nor my mouth spoken

nor my hand strike, nor my foot walk.

Nor my palm seized, nor my foot walked

وَمَنْ عَرَفَ الأَمْرَ الَّذي أَنا عارِفٌ

وَمَنْ عَرَفَ الأَمْرَ الَّذي أَنا عارِفٌ

رَأَى كُلَّ صَعْبٍ كُلّ إِدْراكِهِ سَهْلُ

رَأَى كُلَّ صَعْبٍ كُلّ إِدْراكِهِ سَهْلُ

And whoever understands the matter I understand

Whoever knew the matter I know

finds every difficult thing wholly easy to attain.

Saw every hardship, all its comprehension is easy

خُذِ العِزِّ مِنْ أَيّ الوُجُوه رَأَيْتَهُ

خُذِ العِزِّ مِنْ أَيّ الوُجُوه رَأَيْتَهُ

فَلا خَيْرَ في عَيْشٍ يَكونُ بِهِ الذُّلُّ

فَلا خَيْرَ في عَيْشٍ يَكونُ بِهِ الذُّلُّ

Take honor wherever you find it,

Take pride however you saw it

for there is no good in a life of humiliation.

For there is no good in a life with disgrace

وَلِلمَرْءِ مِنْ دَاعِي الطَّبِيعَةِ قائِدٌ

وَلِلمَرْءِ مِنْ دَاعِي الطَّبِيعَةِ قائِدٌ

إذَا لَمْ يَذده دُونَهُ الحلْمُ والنُّبْلُ

إذَا لَمْ يَذده دُونَهُ الحلْمُ والنُّبْلُ

And a man has a guide in nature's call,

And man has from the caller of nature a guide

if forbearance and nobility do not hold him back from it.

If wisdom and nobility do not shield him from it

مِنَ التُّربِ هذا الطَّبْعُ والنَّفْسُ مِنْ عُلاً

مِنَ التُّربِ هذا الطَّبْعُ والنَّفْسُ مِنْ عُلاً

فَلِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَدْنُو وَلِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَعْلُو

فَلِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَدْنُو وَلِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَعْلُو

This nature is from dust, and the soul from on high;

From soil this innate character and the soul from highness

so a man may sink low, and a man may rise high.

So for man is to come near and for man is to rise above