أَتاني زائِراً مَنْ كانَ يُبدي

أَتاني زائِراً مَنْ كانَ يُبدي

لِيَ الهَجْرَ الطويلَ وَلا يَزورُ

لِيَ الهَجْرَ الطويلَ وَلا يَزورُ

He came to visit me—the one who had shown

He who used to shun me for so long

Me long estrangement and would not visit.

Came visiting, no more to stay away

فقالَ النَّاسُ لمَّا أَبصَرُوهُ

فقالَ النَّاسُ لمَّا أَبصَرُوهُ

لِيهْنِكَ زارَكَ البَدْرُ المُنيرُ

لِيهْنِكَ زارَكَ البَدْرُ المُنيرُ

Then the people said, when they saw him:

So when the people saw him, they would say:

“May it bring you joy! The radiant full moon has visited you.”

“For your happiness, the bright full moon came your way!”

فقلتُ لَهُمْ ودمعُ العَيْنِ يجري

فقلتُ لَهُمْ ودمعُ العَيْنِ يجري

عَلى خَدِّي لَهُ دُرٌّ نَثيرُ

عَلى خَدِّي لَهُ دُرٌّ نَثيرُ

So I said to them, while tears from my eye flowed

But I said to them with tears flowing

Down my cheek, their pearls strewn loose:

Down my cheek “For him many a pearl I lay”

متى أَرْعى رِياضَ الحُسْنِ منهُ

متى أَرْعى رِياضَ الحُسْنِ منهُ

وَعَيْني قَدْ تَضَمَّنَها غَديرُ

وَعَيْني قَدْ تَضَمَّنَها غَديرُ

“When can I graze in his gardens of beauty,

When can I tend the garden of his beauty?

While a pool has engulfed my eye?

For my eye holds an ocean at bay

ولو نَصَبوا رَحى بإِزاءِ دَمعي

ولو نَصَبوا رَحى بإِزاءِ دَمعي

لَكَانَتْ مِنْ تَحَدُّرِهِ تدورُ

لَكَانَتْ مِنْ تَحَدُّرِهِ تدورُ

And had they set a millstone opposite my tears,

And if a mill were established to face my tear

It would have turned from their downward flow.”

It would spin without stop from its pouring sway