يا قَمَراً وَصلُهُ الحَياةُ

يا قَمَراً وَصلُهُ الحَياةُ

عِندي وَهِجرانُهُ الوَفاةُ

عِندي وَهِجرانُهُ الوَفاةُ

O moon, union with whom is life

O moon whose union is life for me

to me, and whose estrangement is death.

And whose separation is death for me

حَتّى مَتى أَنتَ هاجِرٌ لي

حَتّى مَتى أَنتَ هاجِرٌ لي

صَدَّقتَ ما قالَتِ الوُشاةُ

صَدَّقتَ ما قالَتِ الوُشاةُ

How long will you keep forsaking me?

How long will you abandon me

You believed what the slanderers said.

Believing the slander of the faultfinders?

وَما جَوابُ العَذولِ عِندي

وَما جَوابُ العَذولِ عِندي

حَتّى نَهاني إِلّا الصُماتُ

حَتّى نَهاني إِلّا الصُماتُ

And I have no answer for the reproacher,

I have no response to your avoidance

even when he forbade me, except silence.

Until silence alone admonishes me.

يا صَنَمَ الفِتنَةِ الَّذي عَن

يا صَنَمَ الفِتنَةِ الَّذي عَن

جَمالِهِ تَقصُرُ الصفاتُ

جَمالِهِ تَقصُرُ الصفاتُ

O idol of enchantment, whose

O idol of temptation, whom

beauty all descriptions fail to capture.

His perfections make the traits humble.

لَو لَم أَخَف مِن عِقابِ رَبّي

لَو لَم أَخَف مِن عِقابِ رَبّي

كانَ لَكَ الصَومُ وَالصَلاةُ

كانَ لَكَ الصَومُ وَالصَلاةُ

Had I not feared my Lord's punishment,

If I did not fear the punishment of my Lord

fasting and prayer would have been for you.

Fasting and prayers would be for you.

أَنتَ غَنِيٌّ مِن كُلِّ حُسنٍ

أَنتَ غَنِيٌّ مِن كُلِّ حُسنٍ

أَما لِهَذا الغِنى زَكاةُ

أَما لِهَذا الغِنى زَكاةُ

You are rich in every kind of beauty;

You are needless of all beauty.

are no alms due on this wealth?

Does this wealth not require charity?

وَإِنَّ مَطلَ الغَنِيِّ ظُلمٌ

وَإِنَّ مَطلَ الغَنِيِّ ظُلمٌ

إِذ لا وَفاءٌ وَلا صِلاتُ

إِذ لا وَفاءٌ وَلا صِلاتُ

And indeed, a rich man's delay in payment is injustice,

A rich man's procrastination is injustice

since there is no fulfillment, and there are no favors.

When there is no loyalty or connection.

صَرَفتَ فتيانَ عَنكَ ظُلماً

صَرَفتَ فتيانَ عَنكَ ظُلماً

وَلَم تُجِز صَرفَهُ النُحاةُ

وَلَم تُجِز صَرفَهُ النُحاةُ

You unjustly turned Fityan away from you,

You have unjustly turned the youths from you

yet the grammarians did not permit his declension.

And the grammarians did not permit it.

فَقَد تَوَلّى الحَسودُ عَنّي

فَقَد تَوَلّى الحَسودُ عَنّي

خَذلانَ في قَلبِهِ شماتُ

خَذلانَ في قَلبِهِ شماتُ

For the envious one has turned away from me,

So the envious have turned away from me

abandoning me, with gloating in his heart.

With gloating in their hearts.

وَليتَ قَلبي فَجُرتَ فيهِ

وَليتَ قَلبي فَجُرتَ فيهِ

ما هَكَذا تَفعَلُ الوُلاةُ

ما هَكَذا تَفعَلُ الوُلاةُ

You ruled my heart, then dealt unjustly within it;

If only you had shed light in my heart

that is not how rulers act.

Rulers do not act this way!

فَأَنتَ قاضٍ وَأَنتَ خَصمٌ

فَأَنتَ قاضٍ وَأَنتَ خَصمٌ

فَاِعدِل كَما تَعدِل القُضاةُ

فَاِعدِل كَما تَعدِل القُضاةُ

For you are judge, and you are adversary;

You are the judge and you are the adversary

so judge fairly, as judges do.

So be just as judges are just.

أَسعِف وَأَنصِف وجُد وَأَحسِن

أَسعِف وَأَنصِف وجُد وَأَحسِن

إِلَيَّ فَضلاً فَما أَساتُ

إِلَيَّ فَضلاً فَما أَساتُ

Give help, be fair, be generous, and show kindness

Be helpful, equitable, generous and good to me

to me as a favor, for I have done no wrong.

For I have erred.

أَنا المُطيعُ الَّذي يُلاقي

أَنا المُطيعُ الَّذي يُلاقي

في الحُبِّ ما لاقَتِ العُصاةُ

في الحُبِّ ما لاقَتِ العُصاةُ

I am the obedient one who suffers

I am the obedient one who encounters

in love what the disobedient have suffered.

In love what rebels encounter.

صادَ فُؤادي ظَبيٌ غَريرٌ

صادَ فُؤادي ظَبيٌ غَريرٌ

مِن لَحظِهِ تَخجَلُ المَهاةُ

مِن لَحظِهِ تَخجَلُ المَهاةُ

A guileless gazelle has captured my heart;

My heart is a shy, fleet gazelle

his glance puts the oryx to shame.

Whose glance would shame the wild cow.

ريمٌ إِذا ما رَنا اِختِلاساً

ريمٌ إِذا ما رَنا اِختِلاساً

لَم تَنجُ مِن سَهمِهِ الرُماةُ

لَم تَنجُ مِن سَهمِهِ الرُماةُ

A white gazelle: whenever he glances furtively,

A spear, if it secretly gazes

the archers do not escape his arrow.

No hunter escapes from its point.

ما أَنا عَن حُبِّهِ بِسالٍ

ما أَنا عَن حُبِّهِ بِسالٍ

بَل عُدتُ فيهِ كَما بَداتُ

بَل عُدتُ فيهِ كَما بَداتُ

I have not forgotten my love for him;

I am not safe from love for him

rather, I have returned to it just as I began.

Rather I have become as I began.