نُورٌ تَولَّدَ مِنْ شَمْسٍ وَمِن قَمرِ

نُورٌ تَولَّدَ مِنْ شَمْسٍ وَمِن قَمرِ

في طَرْفِهِ قَدَرٌ أَمْضَى مِنَ القَدَرِ

في طَرْفِهِ قَدَرٌ أَمْضَى مِنَ القَدَرِ

A light born of a sun and a moon;

A light born of sun and moon

In his gaze lies a fate more piercing than fate.

In his gaze, a destiny more lasting than fate

أَصلى فُؤادِي بِلا ذنبٍ جَوَى حُرَقٍ

أَصلى فُؤادِي بِلا ذنبٍ جَوَى حُرَقٍ

لم يُبْقِ مِنْ مُهْجَتي شَيْئاً ولم يذَرِ

لم يُبْقِ مِنْ مُهْجَتي شَيْئاً ولم يذَرِ

Burning anguish scorched my guiltless heart;

My heart prayed, though innocent, and was seared

It left nothing of my lifeblood and spared nothing.

Nothing of my passion remained, nothing spared

لا وَالرَّحِيقِ المُصَفَّى مِنْ مَراشِفِهِ

لا وَالرَّحِيقِ المُصَفَّى مِنْ مَراشِفِهِ

وما بِخَدَّيْهِ مِنْ خالٍ وَمِنْ طُرَرِ

وما بِخَدَّيْهِ مِنْ خالٍ وَمِنْ طُرَرِ

No—by the pure wine from his lips,

By the pure nectar of his lips

And by the beauty mark and locks upon his cheeks,

Or the moles and beauty marks on his cheeks

ما أَنْصَفَ الحُبُّ قَلْبي في حُكومَتِهِ

ما أَنْصَفَ الحُبُّ قَلْبي في حُكومَتِهِ

ولا عَفا الشَّوقُ عَنِّي عَفْوَ مُقْتَدِرِ

ولا عَفا الشَّوقُ عَنِّي عَفْوَ مُقْتَدِرِ

Love has not treated my heart fairly in its judgment,

Love did not judge my heart fairly in its realm

Nor has longing pardoned me as one with power might.

Nor did yearning pardon me with the pardon of the Almighty