نال من الحُسْنِ ما تخيره

نال من الحُسْنِ ما تخيره

ثم أَنالَ الحسانَ ما تركَهْ

ثم أَنالَ الحسانَ ما تركَهْ

He gained from beauty whatever he chose,

He attained of beauty what he chose

Then bestowed on the fair ones what he left behind.

Then he attained of beauty what was left

يلذُّ جَفني فيه مَدَامِعَه

يلذُّ جَفني فيه مَدَامِعَه

كأَنَّه من رُضَابه سفكَهْ

كأَنَّه من رُضَابه سفكَهْ

My eyelid savors its tears for him,

My eyelids delight in his tears

As though it had shed them from his saliva.

As if he had shed them out of joy

لو كان قلبي معي سلوتُ به

لو كان قلبي معي سلوتُ به

لكنه عند أَجورِ الملكَهْ

لكنه عند أَجورِ الملكَهْ

Had my heart been with me, I would have found solace in it,

If my heart was with me, I would have consoled it

But it is with the most unjust of kings.

But it is with the chambers of the queen

يا من غدت طُرقُه الى شرفِ ال

يا من غدت طُرقُه الى شرفِ ال

علياءِ والمجدِ غيرَ مشتركَهْ

علياءِ والمجدِ غيرَ مشتركَهْ

O you whose paths to the heights of

O you whose paths lead to the honor

Eminence and glory have become yours alone,

Of the exalted and the glory unshared

كلَّفتني شأوكَ البعيدَ ومن

كلَّفتني شأوكَ البعيدَ ومن

يطلبُ عفوَ الجوادِ بالرمكَهْ

يطلبُ عفوَ الجوادِ بالرمكَهْ

You charged me to attain your far-off goal—and who

You tasked me with your distant desire and one

Seeks a noble steed's effortless pace on a common mare?

Who seeks the pardon of the generous with persistence

ومن مغانيكَ مَهْمَهاً قذفاً

ومن مغانيكَ مَهْمَهاً قذفاً

يضل فيه السليكُ والسلكَهْ

يضل فيه السليكُ والسلكَهْ

And to cross a far-flung wilderness among your abodes,

And from your songs a confusing

Where al-Sulayk and al-Sulakah lose their way.

In which the threaded and the thread are lost

اِنْ قلتُ اني أَنال شَأوهما

اِنْ قلتُ اني أَنال شَأوهما

فقلتُ انَّ السكونَ كالحركَهْ

فقلتُ انَّ السكونَ كالحركَهْ

If I say I attain the reach of them both,

If I say I will attain both

Then I say that stillness is like motion.

I would say that stillness is like motion