شُكْري لمن أَحْبَبْتُه وهَوِيتُهُ

شُكْري لمن أَحْبَبْتُه وهَوِيتُهُ

شُكُرُ الغَليل لعذْبِ ماءِ المَشْرَعِ

شُكُرُ الغَليل لعذْبِ ماءِ المَشْرَعِ

My gratitude to him whom I loved and desired

My gratitude to the one I loved and longed for

Is a parched man's gratitude for the sweet water of the watering place.

Like a thirsty man's gratitude for fresh spring water

يُبدي ويَكْتُمُ للأَنامِ تَصَوُّناً

يُبدي ويَكْتُمُ للأَنامِ تَصَوُّناً

إِلاَّ عَليَّ وعفَّةً إِلاَّ مَعِي

إِلاَّ عَليَّ وعفَّةً إِلاَّ مَعِي

He reveals and conceals, keeping reserve before all people,

He shows and hides out of modesty before others

Except toward me, and chastity—except with me.

Except with me, chastely, except by my side

فإِذا رأَى غَيْرِي فليث خِفْيةً

فإِذا رأَى غَيْرِي فليث خِفْيةً

وإِذا خَلَوْتُ بِهِ فظبيُ الأَجْرَع

وإِذا خَلَوْتُ بِهِ فظبيُ الأَجْرَع

So when he sees someone other than me, he is a lion of Khafiyyah;

So if he sees anyone else, he's a stealthy lion

And when I am alone with him, a gazelle of the sandy plain.

And if alone with me, a roaring zealous lion

وإِذا اشْتكَى العُشَّاقُ سكْب دمُوعِهِم

وإِذا اشْتكَى العُشَّاقُ سكْب دمُوعِهِم

أَصبحتُ أَشْكُرُ مِنْهُ جَيْشَ الأَدْمُع

أَصبحتُ أَشْكُرُ مِنْهُ جَيْشَ الأَدْمُع

And when lovers lament the shedding of their tears,

And if the lovers complain of shedding their tears

I have come to thank him for the surge of tears.

I thank him more than an army of tears

فَوَقَى المذَكَّرُ مِنْهُ كلَّ مُؤَنَّث

فَوَقَى المذَكَّرُ مِنْهُ كلَّ مُؤَنَّث

وفَدَى المُعَمَّمُ مِنْهُ كلَّ مقَنَّع

وفَدَى المُعَمَّمُ مِنْهُ كلَّ مقَنَّع

So the male in him has shielded every female,

He protects everything masculine from him

And the turbaned one in him has ransomed every veiled one.

And everything veiled is ransomed by him