حجبواthey veiled حسْنَهاher beauty عنfrom الأَبصارِthe eyes
حجبوا حسْنَها عن الأَبصارِ
أنْbecause رأونيthey saw me خلعتُI cast off فيهاfor her عِذاريmy bridle
أنْ رأوني خلعتُ فيها عِذاري
They veiled her beauty from all eyes,
They hid her beauty from all eyes
Because they saw me cast off my bridle for her.
When they saw I had lost my composure in her
أناI ذاthis one أُضْمِرُI hold in my thoughts اللقاءَthe meeting فألاَّso why not
أنا ذا أُضْمِرُ اللقاءَ فألاَّ
منعوناthey barred us اللقاءَthe meeting بالإِضمارin thought
منعونا اللقاءَ بالإِضمار
Here I am, imagining our meeting—why, then,
They forbid our meeting by this harboring
Have they not barred us from meeting in thought?
O you who prevent, release a captive
أيهاO الكاشحونspiteful foes فُكُّواset free أسيراًa captive
أيها الكاشحون فُكُّوا أسيراً
هوhe أولىmost deserving الورىhumankind بفكِّof undoing الإسارthe bonds
هو أولى الورى بفكِّ الإسار
O spiteful foes, set a captive free:
He is the most worthy of freeing from shackles
He, of all mortals, most deserves release from bondage.
The cure for my illness is in Julnar
فشفاءُfor the cure السَّقَامِsickness فيin جُلَّنارٍpomegranate blossom
فشفاءُ السَّقَامِ في جُلَّنارٍ
نجتنيهِwe pluck it منfrom وَجْنَتَيْthe two cheeks of جُلَّنارJullanar
نجتنيهِ من وَجْنَتَيْ جُلَّنار
For the cure of sickness lies in pomegranate blossom,
Save me through her from my madness, Julnar
Which we pluck from Jullanar’s two cheeks.
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.