أنتyou روحيmy soul ومهجتيand my lifeblood وعيونيand my eyes
أنت روحي ومهجتي وعيوني
وجحيميand my hell وجنتيand my paradise وجنونيand my madness
وجحيمي وجنتي وجنوني
You are my soul, my lifeblood, and my eyes,
You are my soul and my passion and my eyes
And my hell, my paradise, and my madness.
And my hell and my heaven and my madness
أنتyou أحلىsweeter منthan المنىwishes ياO حياتيmy life
أنت أحلى من المنى يا حياتي
بلnay وأحلىand sweeter منthan الكرىslumber فيin الجفونthe eyelids
بل وأحلى من الكرى في الجفون
You are sweeter than wishes, O my life,
You are sweeter than wishes, O my life
Nay, sweeter still than slumber in the eyelids.
Nay, sweeter than visions in the eyelids
أنتyou نوريmy light وبهجتيand my delight وسروريand my joy
أنت نوري وبهجتي وسروري
وأنيسيand my companion وراحتيand my comfort وفتونيand my enchantment
وأنيسي وراحتي وفتوني
You are my light, my delight, and my joy,
You are my light and my bliss and my joy
And my companion, my comfort, and my enchantment.
And my companion and my comfort and my infatuation
قلhas waned صبريmy patience وذابand melted فيin الحبlove قلبيmy heart
قل صبري وذاب في الحب قلبي
منwho لقلبfor a heart غداhas become قتيلslain by العيونeyes
من لقلب غدا قتيل العيون
My patience has waned, and my heart has melted in love.
Say, my patience melted in love and my heart
Who will aid a heart now slain by eyes?
Became a victim of the eyes
ياO حبيبيmy beloved وأنتand you أغلىdearest حبيبيmy beloved
يا حبيبي وأنت أغلى حبيبي
فيكabout you أحلىloveliest قصائديmy poems لحونيmy melodies
فيك أحلى قصائدي لحوني
O my beloved, you are my dearest beloved;
O my beloved, you are my dearest beloved
My loveliest poems and melodies are of you.
In you are my finest poems and melodies
كتبwrote الحبlove لفظهاtheir wording والمعانيand the meanings
كتب الحب لفظها والمعاني
وتهادىand drifted gently بهاwith them الهوىpassion فيamong الغصونthe boughs
وتهادى بها الهوى في الغصون
Love wrote their words and meanings,
Love letters have their wording and their meanings
And passion drifted with them among the boughs.
And through them passion sways on the branches
وسرتand they wafted كالنسيمlike the breeze تحملcarrying شوقيmy longing
وسرت كالنسيم تحمل شوقي
وكتابيand my letter إلىto الحبيبthe beloved الضنينwithholding
وكتابي إلى الحبيب الضنين
And they wafted like the breeze, carrying my longing
And they blew like a gentle breeze, carrying my longing
And my letter to the withholding beloved.
And my missive to the pining beloved
لبخيلindeed stingy بنفحةwith a waft منof شذاهhis fragrance
لبخيل بنفحة من شذاه
وكريمand generous بالصدwith rejection فيat كلevery حينmoment
وكريم بالصد في كل حين
Indeed, he is stingy with a waft of his fragrance,
To a miser with a whiff of his fragrance
And generous with rejection at every moment.
And generous with rejection at all times
هوhe منيto me كالروحlike the soul ينعشrevives جسميmy body
هو مني كالروح ينعش جسمي
مثلماjust as الأرضthe earth تنتشيis exhilarated بالمزونby rain clouds
مثلما الأرض تنتشي بالمزون
He is to me like the soul, reviving my body,
He is to me like the soul giving life to my body
Just as the earth is exhilarated by rain clouds.
As the land comes alive with rain
ياO حياتيmy life ياO نفحتيmy fragrant breath فيin حياتيmy life
يا حياتي يا نفحتي في حياتي
ألفa thousand حبlove هوىfell بقاعinto the depths of العيونeyes
ألف حب هوى بقاع العيون
O my life, O my fragrant breath in my life,
O my life, O breeze of my life
A thousand loves have fallen into the depths of eyes.
A thousand loves have fallen for the eyes
فيin عيونeyes غرقتI drowned فيin مقلتيهhis two eyes
في عيون غرقت في مقلتيه
منwho معينيmy helper بكأسwith a cup ماءwater معينflowing
من معيني بكأس ماء معين
In eyes I drowned—in his two eyes.
In eyes I drowned in their gaze
Who will aid me with a cup of flowing water?
As if from my spring a cup of cool water