الدمع هان والفؤاد جريح

الدمع هان والفؤاد جريح

سيان دانٍ في الهوى ونزوح

سيان دانٍ في الهوى ونزوح

Tears have become cheap, and the heart is wounded.

Tears are flowing and the heart is wounded,

The near and the far-off are alike in love.

It's all the same, passion or solitude.

هذا قصيّ أبعدته خطوبه

هذا قصيّ أبعدته خطوبه

عنهم وهذا قريه ممنوح

عنهم وهذا قريه ممنوح

This one is far away, driven off by his misfortunes

This one his affairs have sent away,

from them, while this one is granted nearness.

From loved ones, and that, his home abandoned.

يا ويح مقصى يراه بعدُه

يا ويح مقصى يراه بعدُه

يغدو بأوصاب النوى ويروح

يغدو بأوصاب النوى ويروح

Alas for an exile whom his remoteness watches

Alas! A dwelling once seen from afar

go out in the morning with separation's pangs and return at evening.

Becomes a place for night stars to brood

تخذ المدامع قهوةً فله بها

تخذ المدامع قهوةً فله بها

أبداً غبوق دائم وصبوح

أبداً غبوق دائم وصبوح

He has made tears his wine; with it he has

Tears make an eternal coffee house where

an unceasing evening draught and a morning drink forever.

Sorrows have a home, and day breaks renewed,

ودلائل المشتاق لا تخفى وإن

ودلائل المشتاق لا تخفى وإن

كتم الهوى فالدمع عنه يبوح

كتم الهوى فالدمع عنه يبوح

And the yearning lover's signs are not hidden, even if

The signs of yearning do not fade though

he conceals his love: his tears speak for him.

Passion hides, tears openly exude,

أو ما تراه كلما هبت له

أو ما تراه كلما هبت له

نفحات نافجة الصفاء يصيح

نفحات نافجة الصفاء يصيح

Or do you not see him, whenever there waft toward him

Don’t you see him when soft perfumed breezes

breaths from purity's musk-pod, crying out?

Make his wounded heart cry out and intrude?

ألف الظلام فصاح عند فراقه

ألف الظلام فصاح عند فراقه

في مثل هذا يحسن التبريح

في مثل هذا يحسن التبريح

He grew accustomed to darkness and cried out at parting from it;

He loves the dark, though at parting he cries,

in a plight like this, anguish is fitting.

At such times it’s best to be quiet and shrewd,

في رقة الأسحار سر كامنٌ

في رقة الأسحار سر كامنٌ

فلكَم دمٌ فيها لهم مسفوح

فلكَم دمٌ فيها لهم مسفوح

In the tenderness of the predawn hours lies a hidden secret;

In the soft dawn a secret is hidden,

for how much of their blood is shed in those hours!

Much blood for them here is spilled and imbrued,

ولمسكة الظلماء عرفٌ طيبه

ولمسكة الظلماء عرفٌ طيبه

يزرى بكافور الضيا ويشيحُ

يزرى بكافور الضيا ويشيحُ

And the musk of darkness has a fragrance whose sweetness

The darkness’ musk is a scent so refined,

puts daylight's camphor to shame and turns away.

Sprayed with camphor, wafted, exuded.

للشيح والبانات رقة نسمةٍ

للشيح والبانات رقة نسمةٍ

عند الأصائل والصبوح تفوح

عند الأصائل والصبوح تفوح

Wormwood and bān trees have a delicate breath

To musk and wild plants the breeze is so gentle

that wafts fragrance at late afternoon and the morning draught.

Where the flowers and dawn scents are strewed,

أو ما ترى ورق الحمائم سحرة

أو ما ترى ورق الحمائم سحرة

تشدو وتندب إلفها وتنوح

تشدو وتندب إلفها وتنوح

Or do you not see the gray doves before dawn

See the doves at dawn lamenting their absence,

singing, lamenting their mate, and wailing?

Cooing their sadness as tears are renewed,

قم واغتنمها سحرة توسى بها

قم واغتنمها سحرة توسى بها

مما أكنتهُ الضلوع جروح

مما أكنتهُ الضلوع جروح

Rise and seize it before dawn; through it are healed

Rise! Seize these gentle bewitching hours!

wounds from what the ribs have concealed.

Heal the wounds still carried in your heart’s fissures,

علّ الحبيب إذا رآك بقربه

علّ الحبيب إذا رآك بقربه

كلفاً يكون له إليك جنوح

كلفاً يكون له إليك جنوح

Perhaps the beloved, when he sees you near him

Perhaps when your love sees you close again

ardent with love, will feel an inclination toward you.

He will softly incline his heart and feel cured.