هاجَflared الغَرامُpassion فَدُرso go around بِكَأسِwith a cup of مُدامِwine
هاجَ الغَرامُ فَدُر بِكَأسِ مُدامِ
حَتّىuntil تَغيبَdisappears الشَمسُthe sun تَحتَbeneath ظَلامِdarkness
حَتّى تَغيبَ الشَمسُ تَحتَ ظَلامِ
Passion has flared; so pass around a cup of wine,
Until the sun disappears beneath the darkness.
وَدَعِand let العَواذِلَthe reproachers يُطنِبواspeak at length فيin عَذلِهِمtheir reproach
وَدَعِ العَواذِلَ يُطنِبوا في عَذلِهِم
فَأَناfor I am صَديقُa friend of اللَومِblame وَاللُوّامِand the reproachers
فَأَنا صَديقُ اللَومِ وَاللُوّامِ
And let the reproachers dwell at length on their reproaches,
For I am a friend of blame and those who blame.
يَدنوdraws near الحَبيبُthe beloved وَإِنeven though تَناءَتhas grown distant دارُهُhis dwelling
يَدنو الحَبيبُ وَإِن تَناءَت دارُهُ
عَنّيfrom me بِطَيفٍthrough an apparition زارَvisited بِالأَحلامِin dreams
عَنّي بِطَيفٍ زارَ بِالأَحلامِ
The beloved draws near—though his dwelling lies far
From me—through an apparition that visited me in dreams.
فَكَأَنَّso it is as though مَنthe one who قَدalready غابَwas absent جاءَcame مُواصِليrejoining me
فَكَأَنَّ مَن قَد غابَ جاءَ مُواصِلي
وَكَأَنَّنيand as though I أوميgesture لَهُto him بِسَلامِin greeting
وَكَأَنَّني أومي لَهُ بِسَلامِ
So it is as though the absent one had come to rejoin me,
And as though I were gesturing to him in greeting.
وَلَقَدand indeed لَقيتُI encountered شَدائِداًhardships وَأَوابِداًand terrors
وَلَقَد لَقيتُ شَدائِداً وَأَوابِداً
حَتّىuntil اِرتَقَيتُI ascended إِلىto أَعَزَّthe most exalted مَقامِstation
حَتّى اِرتَقَيتُ إِلى أَعَزَّ مَقامِ
And indeed I have faced hardships and terrors,
Until I rose to the most exalted station.
وَقَهَرتُand I vanquished أَبطالَthe champions of الوَغىbattle حَتّىuntil غَدَواthey became
وَقَهَرتُ أَبطالَ الوَغى حَتّى غَدَوا
جَرحىwounded وَقَتلىand slain مِنfrom ضِرابِthe blows of حُساميmy keen sword
جَرحى وَقَتلى مِن ضِرابِ حُسامي
And I vanquished the champions of battle until they lay
Wounded and slain by the blows of my keen sword.
ماnot راعَنيfrightened me إِلّاexcept الفِراقُparting وَجَورُهُand its cruelty
ما راعَني إِلّا الفِراقُ وَجَورُهُ
فَأَطَعتُهُso I obeyed it وَالدَهرُwhile time طَوعُis obedient to زِماميmy rein
فَأَطَعتُهُ وَالدَهرُ طَوعُ زِمامي
Nothing frightened me but parting and its cruelty;
So I yielded to it, though time submits to my reins.