هَلْ تَعلَمُ النَّاسُ أَنّي في صِيامِيَ قَد

هَلْ تَعلَمُ النَّاسُ أَنّي في صِيامِيَ قَد

صَبَوْتُ عِشْقاً إلى بَيضاءَ كالقَمَرِ

صَبَوْتُ عِشْقاً إلى بَيضاءَ كالقَمَرِ

Do people know that, during my fast, I have

Do people know that in my fast I have

Fallen passionately in love with a fair one like the moon?

Poured love for a fair one like the moon?

حَوْراءُ تَنظُرُ في المِرآةِ طَلْعَتَها

حَوْراءُ تَنظُرُ في المِرآةِ طَلْعَتَها

يَا هذهِ ليسَ هذا الجِنْسُ لِلبَشَرِ

يَا هذهِ ليسَ هذا الجِنْسُ لِلبَشَرِ

Dark-eyed, she looks at her face in the mirror.

A houri looking in the mirror at her beauty -

O you, this kind is not of humankind!

O this one is not of human kind!

وَرُبَّما قُلِيَتْ مِنّي وَمَوْضِعُها

وَرُبَّما قُلِيَتْ مِنّي وَمَوْضِعُها

أَدْنى لِقَلْبي مِن سَمْعي وَمِن بَصَري

أَدْنى لِقَلْبي مِن سَمْعي وَمِن بَصَري

And sometimes she is fried by me, though her place

Maybe she has been created from me, yet her place

Is closer to my heart than my hearing or my sight.

Is closer to my heart than my hearing or sight.

وَصَائِن في إزارٍ صَانَ بَهّجَتها

وَصَائِن في إزارٍ صَانَ بَهّجَتها

فَقلْتُ لَيْسَ يُصَانُ الحُسْنُ بالأُزُرِ

فَقلْتُ لَيْسَ يُصَانُ الحُسْنُ بالأُزُرِ

And a guardian kept her splendor safe within a wrap;

Modest in a robe that concealed her splendor

So I said, "Beauty is not protected by wraps."

So I said, “Beauty is not concealed by robes.”

بَاتَتْ وَعَيْشِكَ في صَدْرِي فَما بَرِحَتْ

بَاتَتْ وَعَيْشِكَ في صَدْرِي فَما بَرِحَتْ

مِن العَشَاءِ علَى حُكْمِي إلى سَحَرِ

مِن العَشَاءِ علَى حُكْمِي إلى سَحَرِ

By your life, she spent the night in my breast and did not leave,

She spent the night while you were in my breast; she did not

From supper until predawn, subject to my command.

Leave from evening by my rule until dawn.

أَشْكُو لها نَارَ قَلبي وَهْيَ شْاكِيَةٌ

أَشْكُو لها نَارَ قَلبي وَهْيَ شْاكِيَةٌ

أَضْعَافَها وَكِلانا صَادِقُ الخَبَرِ

أَضْعَافَها وَكِلانا صَادِقُ الخَبَرِ

I complain to her of my heart's fire, while she complains

I complain to her of the fire in my heart while she

Of fire many times greater, and we both speak the truth.

Complains multiples of it - both of us speaking true.

وأَسْتبيحُ حِمَاهَا غَيْرَ مُقْتَرِفٍ

وأَسْتبيحُ حِمَاهَا غَيْرَ مُقْتَرِفٍ

ذَنْباً مِن اللَّهِ في وِرْدٍ ولا صَدَرِ

ذَنْباً مِن اللَّهِ في وِرْدٍ ولا صَدَرِ

And I make free with her sanctuary, without committing

And I make lawful her protection without

A sin against God, in coming or going.

Committing a sin against God in rhythm or prose.

حتَّى إذا ثَوَّبَ الدَّاعِي نَهضْتُ وقد

حتَّى إذا ثَوَّبَ الدَّاعِي نَهضْتُ وقد

خِفْنا نَمِيمَةَ طِيبٍ فَوقَها عَطِرِ

خِفْنا نَمِيمَةَ طِيبٍ فَوقَها عَطِرِ

Until, when the caller renewed his summons, I rose, while

Until when the caller to prayer awoke I arose and we

We feared the tattling of the fragrant perfume upon her.

Smelt the sweet scent of perfume upon perfume.

فَلا غَدا القَطْرُ مَغْناها وَمَنزِلَها

فَلا غَدا القَطْرُ مَغْناها وَمَنزِلَها

لا بَلْ أَقولُ غَداها وابِلُ المَطَرِ

لا بَلْ أَقولُ غَداها وابِلُ المَطَرِ

So may no rain visit her dwelling and abode in the morning—

Neither tomorrow will the rain be her shelter and dwelling

No, rather I say: may a downpour visit her in the morning!

But rather I say tomorrow and the downpour of rain.

وَلا لَحَى اللَّهُ مَن يُدْني زِيارَتَها

وَلا لَحَى اللَّهُ مَن يُدْني زِيارَتَها

مِنّي فَما فِيهِ مِن وِزْرٍ وَلا خَطَرِ

مِنّي فَما فِيهِ مِن وِزْرٍ وَلا خَطَرِ

And may God not rebuke whoever brings her visit

May Allah not greet whoever brings his visit

Nearer to me, for there is no sin or danger in it.

Closer to her than me - in it is no burden or danger.