حكاكِ الطيفُ حتى في السِّوَارِ

حكاكِ الطيفُ حتى في السِّوَارِ

وبدر التِّم إِلاَّ في السِّرَارِ

وبدر التِّم إِلاَّ في السِّرَارِ

The dream-vision resembled you, even in the bracelet,

Your phantom kept conversing even through my bracelet,

And the full moon, except in its dark phase.

And the full moon except in the darkness.

أَساكنةَ الفؤادِ بلا رَحِيلٍ

أَساكنةَ الفؤادِ بلا رَحِيلٍ

وآنسةً لَدَيْهِ بلا نِفَارِ

وآنسةً لَدَيْهِ بلا نِفَارِ

O dweller in the heart, never departing,

A dweller of my heart without departure,

And at ease within it, never shying away,

And a companion to it without aloofness.

جعلتُ القلبَ من جنَّاتِ عدْنٍ

جعلتُ القلبَ من جنَّاتِ عدْنٍ

لأَنَّكِ منهُ في دَارِ القرارِ

لأَنَّكِ منهُ في دَارِ القرارِ

I made the heart one of Eden’s gardens,

I made the heart gardens of Eden,

Because within it you dwell in an everlasting abode.

Because you are in it, in the abode of settlement.

أَنِفْتُ من الديارِ فَسِرتُ منها

أَنِفْتُ من الديارِ فَسِرتُ منها

لقلبٍ عادَ مَنْ بَعْضِ الديار

لقلبٍ عادَ مَنْ بَعْضِ الديار

I disdained the dwellings and journeyed away from them,

I disliked the homes so I traveled from them,

To a heart that had become one of those dwellings.

To a heart that returned from some of the homes.

أَحَدْتُكِ فيكِ واصفرَّت سَقَامَا

أَحَدْتُكِ فيكِ واصفرَّت سَقَامَا

ديارُكِ بالبنفسجِ والبَهَارِ

ديارُكِ بالبنفسجِ والبَهَارِ

I [verb unclear] you within yourself; and, sickly, grew yellow

I missed you in you, so your homes paled,

Your dwellings, with violets and yellow daisies.

Your homes with violets and blossoms.