قلبي عليك غراما في الهوى يجب

قلبي عليك غراما في الهوى يجب

روحي فداك فعاملتي بما يجب

روحي فداك فعاملتي بما يجب

My heart throbs with passion for you in love.

My heart has fallen madly in love with you

My soul is your ransom; so treat me as you ought.

My soul I sacrifice for you, for you I've done what's proper

حسب الهوى ان لي روحا عليك قضت

حسب الهوى ان لي روحا عليك قضت

وجدا واني لها في الله احتسب

وجدا واني لها في الله احتسب

It is enough for love that my soul died for you,

According to love, my soul is devoted to you

From longing, and for its loss I seek God's recompense.

With passion, and for it I seek reward from God

يا تاركي باعاريض الهوى مثلا

يا تاركي باعاريض الهوى مثلا

نقضت حبل الوفا قل لي فما السبب

نقضت حبل الوفا قل لي فما السبب

O you who leave me a byword in love's byways,

O you who've abandoned love's principles as an example

You unravelled the cord of fidelity; tell me, what is the reason?

You've broken loyalty's rope, tell me what's the cause

علقته لبني الاتراك نسبته

علقته لبني الاتراك نسبته

الى معانيه حسنا تنتمي العرب

الى معانيه حسنا تنتمي العرب

I loved him; his lineage belongs to the sons of the Turks.

I tied it to the Turks' lineage, attributed it

In beauty, the Arabs trace their descent to his qualities.

To its meanings, beautifully belonging to the Arabs

ظبي اذا ما رنا لحظا وبدر دجى

ظبي اذا ما رنا لحظا وبدر دجى

اذا تبدى وغصن حين ينتسب

اذا تبدى وغصن حين ينتسب

A gazelle whenever he casts a glance, and a full moon in darkness,

A gazelle, when it glanced for a moment, and a full moon when it shone

When he appears, and a branch when he traces his lineage.

And a branch when it swayed

انا القتيل به من غير ما سبب

انا القتيل به من غير ما سبب

ومن اجل شهودي في الهوى الوصب

ومن اجل شهودي في الهوى الوصب

I am the one slain by him, without any cause,

I'm the one slain by it without cause

And suffering is among my foremost witnesses in love.

And because of my passion for love, the fervor

وكيف ينكر قتلي سيف مقلته

وكيف ينكر قتلي سيف مقلته

وخده بدم العشاق مختضب

وخده بدم العشاق مختضب

And how can the sword of his eye deny slaying me,

How can he deny slaying me, his sword blade

While his cheek is stained with lovers' blood?

With his cheek stained by the blood of lovers

ساق بمجلسه اللذات قد كملت

ساق بمجلسه اللذات قد كملت

تجانس الحسن في معناه والادب

تجانس الحسن في معناه والادب

A cupbearer in whose gathering pleasures reach perfection;

He brought enjoyments to his gathering, made complete

Beauty and refinement harmonize in his nature.

Beauty's harmony in its meaning and propriety

فالورد وجنته والخمر ريقته

فالورد وجنته والخمر ريقته

وكأس فيه عقيق دره الحبب

وكأس فيه عقيق دره الحبب

So his cheek is a rose, and his saliva wine,

So the roses and their blossoms, the wine its draft

And his mouth's cup is carnelian, its pearls the bubbles.

And a cup with ruby juice as the seeds' beloved

بديرها قهوة بكراً معتقة

بديرها قهوة بكراً معتقة

في الكاس قد حدثت عن عصرها الحقب

في الكاس قد حدثت عن عصرها الحقب

He passes her round—a wine, virgin and aged;

At her monastery, pure, early-harvested coffee

In the cup, the ages have recounted her vintage.

In the cup, it tells of the era of its harvest

تولدت من دم العنقود نشأتها

تولدت من دم العنقود نشأتها

فالكرم ام وماء المعصرات اب

فالكرم ام وماء المعصرات اب

Her origin sprang from the grape cluster's blood;

Born from vine's blood, it originated

So the vine is her mother, and rain-cloud water her father.

So the vine's the mother, and the press's water, the father

صفراء تشرق شمسا من مطالعها

صفراء تشرق شمسا من مطالعها

سماؤها الكأس فيه تطلع الشهب

سماؤها الكأس فيه تطلع الشهب

Golden, she rises like a sun from her horizons;

Golden, she rises like a sun in her horizons

Her sky is the cup, within which shooting stars rise.

Her sky is the cup, in it rise the embers

عذراء لو مسها بالماء لامسها

عذراء لو مسها بالماء لامسها

لكاد يحرقه من نورها اللهب

لكاد يحرقه من نورها اللهب

A virgin—if someone touched her with water,

A virgin, if she's touched by water, it touches her

The flame from her radiance would almost burn him.

Its light almost burns it with flames

فاستجلها من فم الابريق مشرقة

فاستجلها من فم الابريق مشرقة

فمن معادنه يستخرخ الذهب

فمن معادنه يستخرخ الذهب

So unveil her, radiant, from the ewer's mouth;

So draw her from the jug's mouth radiant

For gold is extracted from its mines.

For from its essence is mined the gold