يا مَن به أنا مُغرَمُ

يا مَن به أنا مُغرَمُ

ارحم فمثلِيَ يُرحَمُ

ارحم فمثلِيَ يُرحَمُ

O you with whom I am enamored,

O you whom I adore

have mercy, for one like me deserves mercy.

Have mercy, for one like me deserves mercy

لم يَبقَ فيّ بقيَّةٌ

لم يَبقَ فيّ بقيَّةٌ

أُجفى بها أو أُظلم

أُجفى بها أو أُظلم

No remnant is left within me

Nothing remains in me

with which to suffer rejection or injustice.

With which I can be consoled or wronged

هذا زَمانُك لو قَبلـ

هذا زَمانُك لو قَبلـ

ـتَ وكُنت ممن يُنعِم

ـتَ وكُنت ممن يُنعِم

This is your time, if you would accept

This is your time, if only

and were among those who bestow favor.

You would accept and be one who favors

ما الحُسن إِلّا دولةٌ

ما الحُسن إِلّا دولةٌ

محبوبةٌ تُستَغنَم

محبوبةٌ تُستَغنَم

Beauty is nothing but a reign,

Beauty is nothing but a state

beloved, to be seized as a boon.

Beloved, to be seized

فإذا انقَضت وأضَعتَها

فإذا انقَضت وأضَعتَها

جهلاً بها فستَندم

جهلاً بها فستَندم

So when it passes and you have squandered it

And when it passes and you miss it

through ignorance of its worth, you will regret it.

Ignorantly, you will regret

أنا قد نصحتُ وبعد ذا

أنا قد نصحتُ وبعد ذا

نفسي فِدى مَن يَفهم

نفسي فِدى مَن يَفهم

I have indeed given counsel, and after that,

I have advised and after this

my soul is a ransom for whoever understands.

My soul is sacrificed for one who understands

واللَه حسبي مَن يَعو

واللَه حسبي مَن يَعو

قك إنما هي أسهُم

قك إنما هي أسهُم

And God is enough for me. Who holds—

By God, it is enough for me, one who perceives

you back? They are only arrows.

Your blindness, though to me it’s but arrows

ومن العِذار يُخال رَقـ

ومن العِذار يُخال رَقـ

ـماً وهو عندي أرقم

ـماً وهو عندي أرقم

And some of the cheek-down is thought a pattern,

And the excuse which appears like

but to me it is a speckled viper.

A number, yet to me it's unnumbered

باللَه خبِّرني أوص

باللَه خبِّرني أوص

لي في الكِتاب محرَّم

لي في الكِتاب محرَّم

By God, tell me: is union

For God's sake, advise me or make

with me forbidden in the Book,

Unlawful in scripture what's unlawful

ودَمي حلالٌ ما أرى

ودَمي حلالٌ ما أرى

يُفتى بهذا مُسلم

يُفتى بهذا مُسلم

and my blood lawful to shed? I cannot imagine

And my blood is lawful, I don't see

a Muslim giving such a ruling.

It would be ruled so by a Muslim

ولقد ذكرتُ زمانَنا

ولقد ذكرتُ زمانَنا

والشَملُ عقدٌ يُنظَم

والشَملُ عقدٌ يُنظَم

And I have indeed recalled our time,

And I have recalled our time

when our union was a necklace being strung.

When companionship was a braided rope

فبكيتُه حتى بكت

فبكيتُه حتى بكت

أَسفاً عليّ اللُوّم

أَسفاً عليّ اللُوّم

So I wept for it until they too wept—

So I wept for it until I wept from grief

my reproachers, grieving for me.

Blame upon me from the blamers

يا حادي الأَظعان قِف

يا حادي الأَظعان قِف

فلعلَّ أن يَتَلَوَّموا

فلعلَّ أن يَتَلَوَّموا

O driver of the traveling litters, halt;

O guide of the most desolate places, stop

for perhaps they will linger.

Perhaps they will become disillusioned

ولئن أقمتَ بِمُهجتي

ولئن أقمتَ بِمُهجتي

حيثُ اغتَدوا أو خيَّموا

حيثُ اغتَدوا أو خيَّموا

And if you lodge with my soul

And if you stay in my lowlands

where they set out at dawn or pitched their tents,

Wherever they have pitched their tents or settled

فأرى لواحظَ قاتِلي

فأرى لواحظَ قاتِلي

كم حيثُ أَلّا يَعلَموا

كم حيثُ أَلّا يَعلَموا

then I would see the glances of those who slay

I see that if my killer were to notice

you, where they would not know.

Wherever they said they knew not

يا جيرَتي بِالمُنحَنى

يا جيرَتي بِالمُنحَنى

ما باِختِياري بِنتُم

ما باِختِياري بِنتُم

O my neighbors at the bend,

O my neighbor, with her swaying gait

it was not by my choice that you departed.

It was not by my choice that you wronged me

لا أوحش اللَه الحِمى

لا أوحش اللَه الحِمى

بِأُهَيل وُدّي مِنكُم

بِأُهَيل وُدّي مِنكُم

May God never leave the sanctuary desolate,

May God not make desolate the protected grounds

bereft of the dear ones among you whom I love.

With my loving family from you

ما كنتُمُ إلّا النَعيـ

ما كنتُمُ إلّا النَعيـ

ـم مخلَّداً لو دُمتُم

ـم مخلَّداً لو دُمتُم

You were nothing but bliss—

You were nothing but prosperity

everlasting, had you remained.

Everlasting, if only you had remained

لا فارَقَتكم مُزنةٌ

لا فارَقَتكم مُزنةٌ

تَبكي البِلادَ فَتَبسم

تَبكي البِلادَ فَتَبسم

May a rain cloud never leave you,

No misfortune parted you

weeping over the land, which then smiles.

That makes the land weep, then smile