زارَت فَزارَكَ في الظَلامِ ضِياءُ

زارَت فَزارَكَ في الظَلامِ ضِياءُ

غَشِيَت بِهِ عَن لَمحِنا الرُقَباءُ

غَشِيَت بِهِ عَن لَمحِنا الرُقَباءُ

She came to visit, and radiance visited you in the darkness.

Your radiance visited me in the darkness

The watchers were dazzled by it, unable to glimpse us.

Enveloping us from the spies’ glances

لَم تَبدُ شَمسُ الصُبحِ في جُنحِ الدُجى

لَم تَبدُ شَمسُ الصُبحِ في جُنحِ الدُجى

إِلّا لِأَمرٍ تَحتَهُ أَنباءُ

إِلّا لِأَمرٍ تَحتَهُ أَنباءُ

The morning sun did not appear under the cover of night

The dawn sun did not appear on the wings of night

Except for a purpose beneath which lie tidings.

Except for something beneath it there were tidings

مِن ثَغرِهِ وَحُلِيِّهِ وَنَسيمِهِ

مِن ثَغرِهِ وَحُلِيِّهِ وَنَسيمِهِ

ما لا تَقومُ بِكَتمِهِ الظَلماءُ

ما لا تَقومُ بِكَتمِهِ الظَلماءُ

From his mouth, his jewels, and his fragrance

From his mouth, his smile, and his breeze

Comes what the darkness cannot conceal.

What the shadows cannot conceal

وَمَتى يَفوزُ بِما تَمَنّى عاشِقٌ

وَمَتى يَفوزُ بِما تَمَنّى عاشِقٌ

وَجَميعُ ما يَهوى لَهُ أَعداءُ

وَجَميعُ ما يَهوى لَهُ أَعداءُ

And when can a lover attain what he has wished for,

And when can a lover attain what he desires

While all that he loves are enemies to him?

While all his wishes have enemies

لَكَ مِن نَسيبي فيكَ رَوضٌ يانِعٌ

لَكَ مِن نَسيبي فيكَ رَوضٌ يانِعٌ

يَجري عَلَيهِ مِن دُموعي الماءُ

يَجري عَلَيهِ مِن دُموعي الماءُ

From my love-poetry about you, a flourishing garden is yours,

For you, my kinsman, in you is a fertile garden

Over which flows the water of my tears.

Watered by the tears flowing from me

رَتَعَت جُفوني مِن سَناكَ بِجَنَّةٍ

رَتَعَت جُفوني مِن سَناكَ بِجَنَّةٍ

فَتَبَوَّأَت مِنهُ بِحَيثُ تَشاءُ

فَتَبَوَّأَت مِنهُ بِحَيثُ تَشاءُ

My eyelids grazed in a paradise of your radiance,

My eyelids grazed from your kiss a paradise

So they settled within it wherever they wished.

And settled wherever it wished