أيا مانعي طيبَ الرُّقادِ وانَّني

أيا مانعي طيبَ الرُّقادِ وانَّني

لأمنحُهُ ما لا يهونُ فيمنحُ

لأمنحُهُ ما لا يهونُ فيمنحُ

O you who deny me sweet sleep, though I

O you who hinders my tranquil sleep, yet I

surely give him what is not lightly given.

Would grant him what cannot be slighted when granted

وأسخو له بالنفسِ وهي عزيزةٌ

وأسخو له بالنفسِ وهي عزيزةٌ

وأيُّ فتىً بالنّفسِ يسخو ويسمحُ

وأيُّ فتىً بالنّفسِ يسخو ويسمحُ

And I give him my soul freely, though it is precious;

And give generously of myself, though I am precious

and what young man gives his soul freely and willingly?

And which gallant gives generously of his soul and is clement?

يُزحزِحُني عن وصلهِ بصدودِهِ

يُزحزِحُني عن وصلهِ بصدودِهِ

وليس له عن مُهجتي مُتزحزَحُ

وليس له عن مُهجتي مُتزحزَحُ

He drives me away from union with him by his rejection,

He distances me from union with his aloofness

yet he has no escape from my heart's core.

And he has no tenderness for my passion

ويُظهِرُ لي جهلاً بفرطِ صبابتي

ويُظهِرُ لي جهلاً بفرطِ صبابتي

ولهوَ عليمٌ كيفَ أُمسي وأُصبحُ

ولهوَ عليمٌ كيفَ أُمسي وأُصبحُ

And he feigns ignorance before me of my intense longing,

And he shows me ignorance in the excess of my ardour

yet he knows full well how I pass my evenings and mornings.

While he is knowing how I spend my evenings and mornings

ألاحِظُهُ خطفاً بإنسانِ مُقلةٍ

ألاحِظُهُ خطفاً بإنسانِ مُقلةٍ

مدامِعُها تطفو عليها وتطفحُ

مدامِعُها تطفو عليها وتطفحُ

I steal glances at him through the pupil of an eye

I observe him suddenly with a woman of scarce means

whose tears rise over it and overflow.

Her tears brimming over her

فيسرحُ طرفي في رياضِ جمالهِ

فيسرحُ طرفي في رياضِ جمالهِ

وللطّرفِ في روضِ الملاحةِ مسرحُ

وللطّرفِ في روضِ الملاحةِ مسرحُ

So my gaze roams through the gardens of his beauty,

So I let my eyes roam in the gardens of his beauty

and in the garden of loveliness the gaze has room to roam.

For the eye has freedom in the meadow of observation

أُغيّضُ ماءَ العينِ وهي دريرةٌ

أُغيّضُ ماءَ العينِ وهي دريرةٌ

وأكتمُ زندَ الوجدِ والزّندُ يقدحُ

وأكتمُ زندَ الوجدِ والزّندُ يقدحُ

I try to make the eye's water dwindle, though it flows abundantly,

I restrain the water of the eye though it is flowing

and conceal passion's firestick, while the firestick strikes sparks.

And I conceal the spark of passion though it flares

وأنَّي يغيضُ الماءُ والعينُ غمرةٌ

وأنَّي يغيضُ الماءُ والعينُ غمرةٌ

ويخفى لهيبُ النارِ والنارُ تلفحُ

ويخفى لهيبُ النارِ والنارُ تلفحُ

And how can the water dwindle while the eye is brimming,

How can I restrain the water when the eye is immersed

and the fire's flame be hidden while the fire scorches?

And hide the flame of fire when the fire scorches?