أيُّ عينٍ رأتْ حَبيبي ونامتْ

أيُّ عينٍ رأتْ حَبيبي ونامتْ

وعن الكونِ كُلِّهِ ما تعامتْ

وعن الكونِ كُلِّهِ ما تعامتْ

What eye has seen my beloved and slept,

What eye has seen my love and then slept,

and not turned a blind eye to the whole universe?

And from the whole universe withdrawn and kept aloof?

أيُّ خلْصاءِ مُهجةٍ عشِقَتهُ

أيُّ خلْصاءِ مُهجةٍ عشِقَتهُ

وبِسلسالِ خَمرهِ ما هامَتْ

وبِسلسالِ خَمرهِ ما هامَتْ

What pure soul has loved him

What chaste and passionate one has loved him

and not been enraptured by his smooth-flowing wine?

And not become intoxicated by his wine of love?

هي أشواقُهُ التي أقلَقتْني

هي أشواقُهُ التي أقلَقتْني

واستمرَّتْ مع الفؤادِ ودامَتْ

واستمرَّتْ مع الفؤادِ ودامَتْ

It is longing for him that has unsettled me,

It is his passions that have disturbed me

and stayed with the heart, and endured.

And remained with my heart and endured.

أنكرتْ حالي العواذِلُ طَيْشاً

أنكرتْ حالي العواذِلُ طَيْشاً

وتَمادتْ للجهْلِ فيه ولامتْ

وتَمادتْ للجهْلِ فيه ولامتْ

The reproaching women rashly condemned my state,

The maidens denied my condition madly

and, through ignorance, went too far in this and reproached me.

And blamed me in ignorance and reproached me.

وتَراني لربِّيَ الحمْدُ نفْسي

وتَراني لربِّيَ الحمْدُ نفْسي

عن صُنوفِ الوُجودِ للحِبِّ صامتْ

عن صُنوفِ الوُجودِ للحِبِّ صامتْ

And you see me—praise be to my Lord—with my soul

Yet thanks to my Lord, myself I do restrain

fasting from all forms of existence for the beloved.

From all existence, in love silent and abstain.

لم أُبارحْ أعتابَهُ طرْفةَ العيْ

لم أُبارحْ أعتابَهُ طرْفةَ العيْ

نِ ولو أنَّها القِيامةُ قامتْ

نِ ولو أنَّها القِيامةُ قامتْ

I have not left his thresholds for the blink of an eye,

I have not ceased to attend his gates a single wink

even if the Resurrection were to come.

Even if the resurrection itself should come.