أَرَحْتُكَ واستَرَحْتُ مِن المَلامِ

أَرَحْتُكَ واستَرَحْتُ مِن المَلامِ

وَمِن عَذْلٍ يُطِيلُ مَدَى الكَلامِ

وَمِن عَذْلٍ يُطِيلُ مَدَى الكَلامِ

I relieved you, and found relief from reproach,

I let you go and rested from blame,

and from rebuke that draws out the talk.

And from reproach that prolongs discourse.

وَكُنتُ أُجِيدُ عَشْقَ الظَّبْي أَلْمَى

وَكُنتُ أُجِيدُ عَشْقَ الظَّبْي أَلْمَى

سَقِيمَ المُقْلَتينِ بِلا سَقامِ

سَقِيمَ المُقْلَتينِ بِلا سَقامِ

And I excelled at loving the dark-lipped gazelle,

And I used to love the gazelle's love,

languid in both eyes, yet free of illness.

The sick-eyed one, without sickness.

تَقولُ أَفَرَّ من رِضوانَ أَمْ ذا

تَقولُ أَفَرَّ من رِضوانَ أَمْ ذا

لهُ حُسْنٌ سِوَى حُسْنِ الأَنامِ

لهُ حُسْنٌ سِوَى حُسْنِ الأَنامِ

You say, 'Has he fled from Ridwan, or does this one

You say, did he flee from Rida's pleasure,

have beauty unlike the beauty of humankind?'

Or does he have beauty other than people's beauty?

فَما تَمَّ الجَمالُ لِغَيْرِ هذا

فَما تَمَّ الجَمالُ لِغَيْرِ هذا

ولا وأَبيكَ لِلقمرِ التَّمامِ

ولا وأَبيكَ لِلقمرِ التَّمامِ

For beauty is complete in none but this one,

Beauty was never complete for other than him,

not even, by your father, in the full moon.

By your father, or for the full moon.

وَلَيلَةَ زارَني واللَّيلُ مُلْقٍ

وَلَيلَةَ زارَني واللَّيلُ مُلْقٍ

على الآفاقِ أَرْدِيَةَ الظَّلامِ

على الآفاقِ أَرْدِيَةَ الظَّلامِ

And one night he visited me, while night was casting

And the night he visited me and the night spread

cloaks of darkness over the horizons.

On the horizons the blankets of darkness,

وَكَادَ الصُّبحُ لا يَبدو حَياءً

وَكَادَ الصُّبحُ لا يَبدو حَياءً

فَأَبداهُ بِما تَحتَ اللِّثامِ

فَأَبداهُ بِما تَحتَ اللِّثامِ

And dawn almost failed to appear out of shyness,

And morning was shy to appear,

so he revealed it with what lay beneath the veil.

So he made it appear with what's under the veil.

هُمُ قالوا المُدامُ رُضابُ فِيهِ

هُمُ قالوا المُدامُ رُضابُ فِيهِ

وَمَن أَعطاكَ يا كَأْسَ المُدامِ

وَمَن أَعطاكَ يا كَأْسَ المُدامِ

They said, 'Wine is the saliva of his mouth.'

They said wine is forbidden, O cup of wine,

And who gave it to you, O cup of wine?

And who gave you, O cup of wine?