وعَزيزٍ بينَ الدَّلالِ وبينَ المُلْ

وعَزيزٍ بينَ الدَّلالِ وبينَ المُلْ

كِ فارَقْتُهُ على رَغْمِ أَنْفي

كِ فارَقْتُهُ على رَغْمِ أَنْفي

And a beloved, between coyness and royal

A beloved between the guide and the king -

power—I parted from him against my will.

I left him despite myself

لَمْ أَكُنْ أُعْلِمُ الزَّمانَ بِحُبِّي

لَمْ أَكُنْ أُعْلِمُ الزَّمانَ بِحُبِّي

هِ فَيَجْني فيهِ عَلَيَّ بِصَرْفِ

هِ فَيَجْني فيهِ عَلَيَّ بِصَرْفِ

I did not let Time know of my love for

I did not let time know of my love for him

him, lest it harm me concerning him through a turn of fortune.

Lest it take advantage of me because of it

صُنْتُ عن أَكْثَرِي هَواهُ فما يَعْ

صُنْتُ عن أَكْثَرِي هَواهُ فما يَعْ

لَمُ ما بي إلاَّ فُؤادي وطَرْفي

لَمُ ما بي إلاَّ فُؤادي وطَرْفي

I hid my love for him from most of myself; so none

I concealed from most my passion for him

knows what I feel but my heart and my gaze.

So none knew what was in me save my heart and my eye