إِلى عَدلِكُم أُنهي حَديثي وَأَنتَهي

إِلى عَدلِكُم أُنهي حَديثي وَأَنتَهي

فَجودوا بِإِقبالٍ عَلَيَّ وَإِصغاءِ

فَجودوا بِإِقبالٍ عَلَيَّ وَإِصغاءِ

To your justice I submit my words, and there I stop.

To your justice I end my words and stop

Then grant me your attention and a listening ear.

So be kindly disposed to me and listen

عَتَبتُكُمُ عَتبَ المُحِبِّ حَبيبَهُ

عَتَبتُكُمُ عَتبَ المُحِبِّ حَبيبَهُ

وَقُلتُ بِإِذلالٍ فَقولوا بِإِصفاءِ

وَقُلتُ بِإِذلالٍ فَقولوا بِإِصفاءِ

I reproached you as a lover reproaches his beloved.

I reproached you with the reproach of a lover to his beloved

And I spoke in abasement; answer with sincere affection.

And I spoke with humility, so speak genuinely

لَعَلَّكُمُ قَد صَدَّكُم عَن زِيارَتي

لَعَلَّكُمُ قَد صَدَّكُم عَن زِيارَتي

مَخافَةُ أَمواهٍ لِدَمعي وَأَنواءِ

مَخافَةُ أَمواهٍ لِدَمعي وَأَنواءِ

Perhaps you have been kept from visiting me

Perhaps you were kept from visiting me

By fear of the waters of my tears and their storms.

Fearing the tears and sighs from my eyes

فَلَو صَدَقَ الحُبُّ الَّذي تَدَّعونَهُ

فَلَو صَدَقَ الحُبُّ الَّذي تَدَّعونَهُ

وَأَخلَصتُمُ فيهِ مَشَيتُم عَلى الماءِ

وَأَخلَصتُمُ فيهِ مَشَيتُم عَلى الماءِ

For if the love you claim were true,

If the love you claim were true

And you were sincere in it, you would walk on water.

And you were sincere in it, you would walk on water

وَإِن تَكُ أَنفاسي خَشيتُم لَهيبَها

وَإِن تَكُ أَنفاسي خَشيتُم لَهيبَها

وَهالَتكُمُ نَيرانُ وَجدٍ بِأَحشائي

وَهالَتكُمُ نَيرانُ وَجدٍ بِأَحشائي

And if you feared the blaze of my breaths,

And if you feared the flames of my breath

And the fires of passion in my entrails appalled you,

And the fires of passion within me alarmed you

فَكونوا رِفاعِيِّينَ في الحُبِّ مَرَّةً

فَكونوا رِفاعِيِّينَ في الحُبِّ مَرَّةً

وَخوضوا لَظى نارٍ لِشَوقِيَ حَرّاءِ

وَخوضوا لَظى نارٍ لِشَوقِيَ حَرّاءِ

Then be Rifaʿis in love, for once,

Then be like al-Rifa’i in love once

And wade through the blaze of my longing’s scorching fire.

And plunge into the flames of my burning passion

حُرِمتُ رِضاكُم إِن رَضيتُ بِغَيرِكُم

حُرِمتُ رِضاكُم إِن رَضيتُ بِغَيرِكُم

أَوِ اِعتَضتُ عَنكُم في الجِنانِ بِحَوراءِ

أَوِ اِعتَضتُ عَنكُم في الجِنانِ بِحَوراءِ

May I be denied your favor if I am content with anyone but you,

I am forbidden your approval if I am content without you

Or exchange you for a houri in Paradise.

Or I am distracted from you in the gardens by a houri