عَن يَميني وَعَن يَساري وَقُدّا

عَن يَميني وَعَن يَساري وَقُدّا

مي وَخَلفي الهَوى فَكَيفَ أَفِرُّ

مي وَخَلفي الهَوى فَكَيفَ أَفِرُّ

To my right, to my left, and before

On my right and on my left, love kindled its fires,

me and behind me is love—how can I flee?

Behind me and before me, passion - how can I escape?

أَنا إِن زُلتُ عَن مَقامي لِأَمرٍ

أَنا إِن زُلتُ عَن مَقامي لِأَمرٍ

رابَني تَحتَ أَخمَصي ما يَضُرُّ

رابَني تَحتَ أَخمَصي ما يَضُرُّ

If I leave my place because of something

If I slip from my steadfastness because of a thing

that troubles me, beneath the arch of my foot lies something harmful—

That chanced upon me beneath my heel, what harm in that?

كَمُزيلٍ رِجلَيهِ عَن بَلَلِ القَط

كَمُزيلٍ رِجلَيهِ عَن بَلَلِ القَط

رِ وَما حَولَهُ مِنَ الأَرضِ بَحرُ

رِ وَما حَولَهُ مِنَ الأَرضِ بَحرُ

like one lifting his feet away from the wetness of rain,

Like one who lifts his feet from the mud of the plain

while all the land around him is a sea.

Though around him spreads the land, a sea without shore.

بَرَقَت لي حَتّى إِذا قُلتُ جادَت

بَرَقَت لي حَتّى إِذا قُلتُ جادَت

أَقلَعَت عَن جَهامَةٍ لا تَدُرُّ

أَقلَعَت عَن جَهامَةٍ لا تَدُرُّ

It flashed for me until, when I said, 'It has poured rain,'

Lightning flashed for me until when I said "Be generous!"

it cleared away, revealing a rainless cloud that yields no rain.

It turned away from a gloom that knows no morning.

أَيُّها البارِقُ الَّذي لَيسَ يُجدي

أَيُّها البارِقُ الَّذي لَيسَ يُجدي

قَد عَرَفناكَ فَاِلتَمِس مَن تَغُرُّ

قَد عَرَفناكَ فَاِلتَمِس مَن تَغُرُّ

O lightning flash that brings no benefit,

O lightning that flashes and avails naught,

we have already recognized you; so seek someone you can deceive.

We know you! Seek one you can beguile!