لا أَجازى حبيبَ قلبي بجرمِهْ

لا أَجازى حبيبَ قلبي بجرمِهْ

أَنا أَحْنى عليه من قَلْبِ أُمّهْ

أَنا أَحْنى عليه من قَلْبِ أُمّهْ

I do not punish my heart's beloved for his offense.

I do not reproach the darling of my heart for his crime,

I am more tender toward him than his mother's heart.

I have more compassion for him than a mother's heart.

جورُه مثلُ عَدْله عِنْدَ من يهـ

جورُه مثلُ عَدْله عِنْدَ من يهـ

ـوَاهُ مِثلي وظُلمُه مثل ظَلْمِه

ـوَاهُ مِثلي وظُلمُه مثل ظَلْمِه

His injustice is like his justice in the eyes of one who loves

His injustice is like his justice to one who loves him like me,

him as I do, and his oppression is like his saliva.

And his wrongdoing is like his forgiveness.

ضنَّ عني بريقه فتحيَّلـ

ضنَّ عني بريقه فتحيَّلـ

ـتُ إِلى أَنْ سَرقْتُه عِنْد لَثْمِهْ

ـتُ إِلى أَنْ سَرقْتُه عِنْد لَثْمِهْ

He withheld his saliva from me, so I schemed

He was miserly with his smile, so I contrived

until I stole it while kissing him.

Until I stole it when he gave me a kiss.

وإِلى اليوم من ثلاثين يوماً

وإِلى اليوم من ثلاثين يوماً

لم تزل في فمي حَلاَوةُ طعمِه

لم تزل في فمي حَلاَوةُ طعمِه

And to this day, thirty days later,

And until today, for thirty days

the sweetness of its taste has not left my mouth.

The sweetness of his taste still remains in my mouth.

إِنَّ قلبيْ لصدْره ورقادِي

إِنَّ قلبيْ لصدْره ورقادِي

ملكُ أَجفانِه ورُوحِي لِجِسْمِه

ملكُ أَجفانِه ورُوحِي لِجِسْمِه

Indeed, my heart belongs to his breast, and my sleep

Indeed my heart is to his chest, and my sleep

is his eyelids' possession, and my soul belongs to his body.

Is under his eyelids, and my soul to his body.

قل لأَهل الحبيبِ عني قد جا

قل لأَهل الحبيبِ عني قد جا

ءَ إِلينا برغْمِكم لا بِرغْمِه

ءَ إِلينا برغْمِكم لا بِرغْمِه

Tell the beloved's family for me: 'He has come

Tell the beloved's family about me, he came

to us against your will, not his.'

To us despite you, not in spite of him.

يكسر الجفنَ بالفُتُور ومالِي

يكسر الجفنَ بالفُتُور ومالِي

عملٌ عند كَسْره غيرُ ضمه

عملٌ عند كَسْره غيرُ ضمه

He lowers his eyelid languidly, and I have

He cracks the eyelid with coolness, and I have

nothing to do when he lowers it but embrace him.

No work but to join him when he breaks.

واعتنقنا للوجد ثم افترقنا

واعتنقنا للوجد ثم افترقنا

وكتاب الأثام عنا بِخَتْمه

وكتاب الأثام عنا بِخَتْمه

And we embraced out of longing, then parted,

And we embraced passionately, then parted,

with the book of sins still sealed in our case.

And the record of sins from us with its seal.

كَمْ يَلُومُون في هَوَاهُ ومَا ذَا

كَمْ يَلُومُون في هَوَاهُ ومَا ذَا

قُوا هَوَاهُ وَلاَ أَحَاطُوا بِعِلْمِه

قُوا هَوَاهُ وَلاَ أَحَاطُوا بِعِلْمِه

How often they blame me for loving him, though they have not tasted

How they blame him for his love, but what

love for him, nor fully understood it.

Can they say about his love or grasp its knowledge?