يَقولونَ لَو قَبَّلتَهُ لَاِشتَفى الجَوى

يَقولونَ لَو قَبَّلتَهُ لَاِشتَفى الجَوى

أَيَطمَعُ في التَقبيلِ مَن يَعشَقُ البَدرا

أَيَطمَعُ في التَقبيلِ مَن يَعشَقُ البَدرا

They say, “If you kissed him, love’s anguish would be healed.”

They say, if you had kissed him, the thirst would have been quenched

Can one who loves the full moon hope for a kiss?

Does one who loves the full moon yearn for a kiss?

وَلَو غَفَلَ الواشي لَقَبَّلتُ نَعلَهُ

وَلَو غَفَلَ الواشي لَقَبَّلتُ نَعلَهُ

أُنَزِّهُهُ أَن أَذكُرَ الجيدَ وَالثَغرا

أُنَزِّهُهُ أَن أَذكُرَ الجيدَ وَالثَغرا

And were the talebearer heedless, I would kiss his sandal;

Had the guardsman been absent, I would have kissed his sandal

I hold him too exalted even to mention his neck and mouth.

I spare him, lest I mention the cheek and lips

وَمَن لي بِوَعدٍ مِنهُ أَشكو بِخُلفِهِ

وَمَن لي بِوَعدٍ مِنهُ أَشكو بِخُلفِهِ

وَمَن لي بِعَهدٍ مِنهُ أَشكو بِهِ الغَدرا

وَمَن لي بِعَهدٍ مِنهُ أَشكو بِهِ الغَدرا

And who can secure me a promise from him, so I might complain of its breaking?

Who do I have with a promise from him that I complain of its violation?

And who can secure me a pledge from him, over which I might complain of betrayal?

Who do I have with a covenant from him that I complain of betrayal?

وَما أَنا مَن يَستَحمِلُ الريحَ سِرَّهُ

وَما أَنا مَن يَستَحمِلُ الريحَ سِرَّهُ

أَغارُ حِفاظاً أَن أُبيحَ لَهُ السِرّا

أَغارُ حِفاظاً أَن أُبيحَ لَهُ السِرّا

And I am not one to make the wind carry my secret;

I am not one who can withstand the winds knowing my secret

I guard it jealously, lest I divulge the secret to it.

I am jealous to keep it private lest it be exposed

يَقولُ لِيَ اللاحي وَقَد جَدَّ بي الهَوى

يَقولُ لِيَ اللاحي وَقَد جَدَّ بي الهَوى

لِيُلهِمَني في سوءِ تَخيِيلِهِ الصَبرا

لِيُلهِمَني في سوءِ تَخيِيلِهِ الصَبرا

The reproacher says to me, when passion has grown fierce within me,

The censurer says to me, as passion has firmly gripped me

to inspire patience in me, in his misguided imagining:

To inspire me negatively in his wicked imagination to have patience

أَلَم تَروِ قَطُّ اِصِبر لِكُلِّ مُلِمَّةٍ

أَلَم تَروِ قَطُّ اِصِبر لِكُلِّ مُلِمَّةٍ

فَقُلتُ أَما تَروي لَعَلَّ لَهُ عُذرا

فَقُلتُ أَما تَروي لَعَلَّ لَهُ عُذرا

“Have you never recited, ‘Be patient through every affliction’?”

Have you not seen, be patient with every calamity

So I said, “Do you not recite, ‘Perhaps he has an excuse’?”

So I said, do you not see, perhaps he has an excuse?

إِذا فِئَةُ العُذّالِ جاءَت بِسِحرِها

إِذا فِئَةُ العُذّالِ جاءَت بِسِحرِها

فَفي لَحظِ موسى آيَةٌ تُبطِلُ السِحرا

فَفي لَحظِ موسى آيَةٌ تُبطِلُ السِحرا

When the band of reproachers comes with its sorcery,

When the group of enchanters come with their sorcery

then in Musa’s glance is a sign that undoes the sorcery.

In Moses' glance, there is a sign that nullifies sorcery