1. ما على عاشق الحبيب ملامة

    إن تداعى وجدا وأبدى غرامه

    No blame falls upon the lover of the beloved,

    If he collapses in longing and reveals his passion.

  2. هكذا العاشق المولَّهُ صبٌّ

    ذو اصطلامٍ وناره ضرامه

    Thus is the bewildered lover: love-stricken,

    Seized by overwhelming rapture, his fire ablaze.

  3. لا تلم عاشقاً على الحنِّ والأَ

    نِّ واعرض عن نفسك اللوامه

    Do not blame a lover for sighing and

    groaning; turn away from your reproachful soul.

  4. يا أخا العذل والمحبَّة دينٌ

    هل ترى عاشقاً رأى من لامه

    O brother of reproach—and love is a faith—

    have you seen a lover heed anyone who blamed him?

  5. كم بصفِّ العشاق مطوي سرّ

    نشر الصدق في الهوى أعلامه

    Many a secret lies folded in the lovers' ranks;

    Sincerity in love has unfurled its banners.

  6. شفَّهُ الشوق ثم أضحى خيالاً

    فيه من طابع الغرام علامه

    Longing wasted him away; then he became a phantom.

    He bears a mark of passion's stamp.

  7. تعرق الواله المشوق إذا شا

    هدت مرآه أو سمعت كلامه

    You recognize the bewildered, yearning lover when you

    see him or hear his words.

  8. قلبه دائم الخفوق ودهراً

    عن سوى الحبِّ نفسه صوامه

    His heart is ever beating, and for all time

    his soul fasts from everything but love.

  9. ليت شعري والحبُّ أمرٌ عجيبٌ

    كم دموعٍ من الهوى سجامه

    Would that I knew—and love is a wondrous thing—

    how many tears stream down from love!

  10. انا يال الرجال صبُّ بحبٍ

    شرب القلب من هواه مدامه

    I, O men, am stricken with a love

    whose wine the heart has drunk from its passion.

  11. ما انزوى عن شهود عيني إلا

    من قؤادي قامت عليه القيامة

    He never withdrew from my eye's sight without

    the Resurrection rising against him from my heart.

  12. قسماً بالهيام والخالص الح

    بِّ نرى الحقَّ يرتضي أقسامه

    I swear by love's frenzy and pure

    love: we see the True One approve its oaths.

  13. ما سرى الركبُ للمدينة حتى

    ناح قلبي بألسيَّر نوح الحمامه

    The caravan had scarcely set out by night for Medina when

    my heart wailed on the journey with a dove's lament.

  14. ومضى يسبق الجنائب كالطي

    ر ويبني للرَّكب فيه خيامه

    And it sped ahead of the led mounts like a

    bird, building its tents there for the caravan.

  15. يا حداة الجمال يوم تداعت

    نحون أرض الهدى ودار الكرامه

    O camel-drivers, on the day they rallied

    and headed for the land of guidance and the abode of honor,

  16. قد سبقنا فبالهويناء سيروا

    عرف الكلُّ في المسير مقامه

    we have already gone ahead, so travel gently;

    each has learned his station on the journey.

  17. نحن قومٌ قمنا على قدم الصد

    قِ وطرنا بالجدِّ والإستقامه

    We are a people who stood on the footing of

    sincerity, and flew through earnestness and uprightness.

  18. وبلغنا الحمى كراماً بدمعٍ

    لم يشبه سحُّ السحاب انسجامه

    And we reached the sanctuary, honored, with tears

    whose streaming the clouds' downpour could not match.

  19. وفرشنا الخدود فيه احتراماً

    وسررنا فهنئونا السلامه

    And we laid down our cheeks there in reverence;

    and we rejoiced—so congratulate us on our safety.