هاجَرني من هَجْرُه هُجْنهْ

هاجَرني من هَجْرُه هُجْنهْ

وقال لا صلحَ ولا هُدْنهْ

وقال لا صلحَ ولا هُدْنهْ

He whose desertion is a disgrace forsook me,

His abandonment exiled me, away

And said, “No peace and no truce.”

He said no peace, no truce, today

وقامت الحربُ فكم فتنهْ

وقامت الحربُ فكم فتنهْ

أَقامها مَنْ وَجْهُه فِتْنه

أَقامها مَنْ وَجْهُه فِتْنه

And war broke out—how much strife

So war arose, what trials held sway!

Was stirred up by him whose face is temptation!

Incited by that tempting fey visage

فلم تزل كأْسِي بأَخلاقِه

فلم تزل كأْسِي بأَخلاقِه

أَوْ صَيَّرتْهَا رَطْبَةً لَدْنَه

أَوْ صَيَّرتْهَا رَطْبَةً لَدْنَه

So my cup kept working on his character,

My cup still mirrors his character

Until it made it moist and pliant.

Or turns it to a draught so tender

وقادَهُ السُّكْر فيا مِنَّةً

وقادَهُ السُّكْر فيا مِنَّةً

للسُّكْرِ لا تُشْبِهُها مِنَّهْ

للسُّكْرِ لا تُشْبِهُها مِنَّهْ

And intoxication led him—oh, what a boon

Drunk, he was led, what graciousness!

From intoxication, matched by no other boon!

No other drunkenness compares, I say

وسهَّل الوصل على أَنَّه

وسهَّل الوصل على أَنَّه

قد كان أَعيا الإِنسَ والجِنَّه

قد كان أَعيا الإِنسَ والجِنَّه

And it made union easy, although

He made union seem so simple, aye,

It had already baffled humankind and the jinn.

Though once the jinn and men did stray

وَبَعْدَ هَذَا فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّني

وَبَعْدَ هَذَا فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّني

وَصَلْتُ بالنَّارِ إِلىَ الجَنَّه

وَصَلْتُ بالنَّارِ إِلىَ الجَنَّه

And after this, know that I

And after this, let all now witness,

Reached Paradise through fire.

I’ve reached through fire, paradise’s bliss