كُلٌّ لَهُ هَواكَ يَطيبُ

كُلٌّ لَهُ هَواكَ يَطيبُ

أَنا وَعاذِلي وَالرَقيبُ

أَنا وَعاذِلي وَالرَقيبُ

Each one finds love of you sweet—

Everyone finds loving you sweet—

I, my reproacher, and the watchful guard.

I, my reproacher, and the watcher.

أَما أَنا فَحَيثُ تَشاءُ

أَما أَنا فَحَيثُ تَشاءُ

هَجرٌ وَلَوعَةٌ وَعَناءُ

هَجرٌ وَلَوعَةٌ وَعَناءُ

As for me, I am wherever you wish:

As for me, I am wherever you wish—

estrangement, heartache, and suffering.

Estrangement, burning grief, and suffering.

يا وَيلَتاه مِمّا أَساءُ

يا وَيلَتاه مِمّا أَساءُ

قَتَلتَني وَأَنتَ الطَبيبُ

قَتَلتَني وَأَنتَ الطَبيبُ

Oh, woe is me for all the hurt I suffer!

Alas for me, at the harm done!

You have killed me, though you are the healer.

You killed me, though you are the physician.

فَأَنتَ لي عَدُوٌّ حَبيبُ

فَأَنتَ لي عَدُوٌّ حَبيبُ

لِلَّهِ عَيشي ما أَمَرّا

لِلَّهِ عَيشي ما أَمَرّا

Thus you are to me an enemy—and beloved.

So you are to me a beloved enemy.

By God, how bitter my life is!

God, how bitter my life is!

لَقَد شَقيتُ سِرّاً وَجَهرا

لَقَد شَقيتُ سِرّاً وَجَهرا

دَمعي جَرى فَصارَ بَحرا

دَمعي جَرى فَصارَ بَحرا

I have suffered, in secret and in the open.

I have indeed suffered, in secret and openly.

My tears flowed until they became a sea,

My tears flowed and became a sea,

وَاِستَبطَنَ الضُلوعَ لَهيبُ

وَاِستَبطَنَ الضُلوعَ لَهيبُ

ذابَت بِحرِّهِ وَتُذيبُ

ذابَت بِحرِّهِ وَتُذيبُ

while a blaze lodged deep within my ribs.

And a flame lodged within my ribs.

They melted in its heat, and still it melts them.

They melted in its heat, and make me melt.

ما لي بِمُقلَتَيكَ حَويلُ

ما لي بِمُقلَتَيكَ حَويلُ

وَلا إِلى رِضاكَ سَبيلُ

وَلا إِلى رِضاكَ سَبيلُ

Against your eyes I have no means of escape,

I have no defense against your two eyes,

nor any path to your favor.

Nor any path to your favor.

يا مَن يَحولُ فيما يَقولُ

يا مَن يَحولُ فيما يَقولُ

أَشكو النَوى وَأَنتَ قَريبُ

أَشكو النَوى وَأَنتَ قَريبُ

O you who changes what he says,

O you who change what you say,

I lament our separation though you are near—

I lament separation, though you are near.

أَمرٌ كَما تَراهُ عَجيبُ

أَمرٌ كَما تَراهُ عَجيبُ

لَم يَدرِ عاذِلي وَرَقيبي

لَم يَدرِ عاذِلي وَرَقيبي

a state as strange as you can see.

A strange affair, as you see!

Neither my reproacher nor my watcher knew

My reproacher and my watcher did not know

أَنَّ الهَوى أَخَفُّ ذُنوبي

أَنَّ الهَوى أَخَفُّ ذُنوبي

وَأَنتَ يا عَذابَ القُلوبِ

وَأَنتَ يا عَذابَ القُلوبِ

that love is the least of my sins.

That love is the lightest of my sins.

And you, O torment of hearts—

And you, O torment of hearts—

كَم تَشتَكي إِلَيكَ القُلوبُ

كَم تَشتَكي إِلَيكَ القُلوبُ

وَأَنتَ مُعرِضٌ لا تُجِيبُ

وَأَنتَ مُعرِضٌ لا تُجِيبُ

how many hearts complain to you,

How often hearts complain to you,

while you turn away and do not answer!

Yet you turn away and do not answer!

قالَت سماكَ أَنتَ مَلولُ

قالَت سماكَ أَنتَ مَلولُ

فَقُلتُ وُدّكَ المُستَحيلُ

فَقُلتُ وُدّكَ المُستَحيلُ

She said, “Sumāk, you are fickle.”

Samak said, 'You are fickle.'

I said, “It is your love that is unattainable.”

I replied, 'It is your love that changes.'

فَأَنشَد النَصوحُ يَقولُ

فَأَنشَد النَصوحُ يَقولُ

مَن خانَ حَبيب اللَه حَسيب

مَن خانَ حَبيب اللَه حَسيب

Then the sincere adviser recited, saying:

Then the sincere adviser recited, saying:

“Whoever betrays a beloved—God is his Reckoner;

Whoever betrays a beloved—God is his reckoner;

اللَه يعاقبهُ أَو يُثيب

اللَه يعاقبهُ أَو يُثيب

God may punish him, or reward him.”

God punishes him or rewards him.