نَهَدتُ إِلى الهِندِ في فِتيَةٍ

نَهَدتُ إِلى الهِندِ في فِتيَةٍ

مِنَ العَرَبِ جارِهِمُ لا يُضامُ

مِنَ العَرَبِ جارِهِمُ لا يُضامُ

I set out for India among young men,

I roamed to India with Arab youths

Arabs whose neighbor is never wronged,

Whose neighbors they wrong not at all

غَراماً بِسامي الذُرى وَصلُهُ

غَراماً بِسامي الذُرى وَصلُهُ

بِغَيرِ بَني حامِهِ لا يُسامُ

بِغَيرِ بَني حامِهِ لا يُسامُ

Out of passion for one of lofty heights, union with whom

Yearning for the most sublime of creatures and joining him

Is sought only through the sons of his Ham.

With other than the sons of Ham, no injustice done

حَبيبٌ أَبى أَن يَرى مَربَعاً

حَبيبٌ أَبى أَن يَرى مَربَعاً

وَلَيسَ لَهُ في رُباهُ مَقامُ

وَلَيسَ لَهُ في رُباهُ مَقامُ

A beloved who refused to behold a spring encampment

A beloved who refused to see a square house

On whose hills he had no abode.

And had no place of rest in his dwellings

فَلَم أَرَ داراً سِوى دارِهِ

فَلَم أَرَ داراً سِوى دارِهِ

وَما لِسواهُ بِها وَالخِيامُ

وَما لِسواهُ بِها وَالخِيامُ

So I saw no dwelling except his,

So I saw no other house but his house

And nothing there belongs to another—not even the tents.

And none possessed it save for the tents

هُوَ الكُلُّ لا غَيرُهُ كُلُّهُ

هُوَ الكُلُّ لا غَيرُهُ كُلُّهُ

فَكُلٌّ بِهِ مُغرَمٌ مُستَهامُ

فَكُلٌّ بِهِ مُغرَمٌ مُستَهامُ

He alone, in his entirety, is the All;

He is the whole, none other, the whole of him

So all are enamored of him, maddened by love.

So all are enamored and beside themselves for him