جَنَت مَقلُ الغُزلانِ

جَنَت مَقلُ الغُزلانِ

جَنايا الشُمول

جَنايا الشُمول

The gazelles' eyes have wrought

The gardens of gentle gazelles,

the ravages of wine

My paradise of inclusion,

عَلى عالَمِ الإِنسانِ

عَلى عالَمِ الإِنسانِ

جيلاً بَعدَ جيل

جيلاً بَعدَ جيل

upon the world of humankind,

Upon the world of mankind,

generation after generation.

Generation after generation.

أَهيمُ بِمَن يطغيهِ

أَهيمُ بِمَن يطغيهِ

عَلى الجَمال

عَلى الجَمال

I am mad with love for one made arrogant

I obsess over he who would overpower me,

toward me by beauty.

Over beauty,

أُداريهِ أَستَرضيه

أُداريهِ أَستَرضيه

فَيَأبى الدَلال

فَيَأبى الدَلال

I humor him, I seek to please him,

I cajole him, try to please him,

but coyness refuses.

But desire refuses compliance.

لَقَد عَذَلوني فيهِ

لَقَد عَذَلوني فيهِ

وَقالوا وَقالوا

وَقالوا وَقالوا

Indeed, they have blamed me for him,

They have certainly blamed me for it,

and talked and talked,

And said, and said,

عَلى حينِ قَد أَلهاني

عَلى حينِ قَد أَلهاني

عَن قالَ وَقيل

عَن قالَ وَقيل

just when I had been distracted

While it has distracted me

from gossip and hearsay

From saying and hearing.

لَيلُ الصَدِّ وَالهِجران

لَيلُ الصَدِّ وَالهِجران

وَيَومُ الرَحيل

وَيَومُ الرَحيل

by the night of rejection and estrangement

The night of aloofness and estrangement,

and the day of departure.

And the day of departure,

إِلى كَم أُداري اللُوّام

إِلى كَم أُداري اللُوّام

مَثنى وَفُرادى

مَثنى وَفُرادى

How long must I appease the faultfinders,

To how much longer will I appease the blamers,

in pairs and singly?

In pairs and individually?

وَتَاللَهِ أخرى الأَيّام

وَتَاللَهِ أخرى الأَيّام

لا أُعطي قِيادا

لا أُعطي قِيادا

And by God, to the end of my days,

By God, the days to come,

I will not yield the reins.

I will not give any lead.

لَهفي صِرت بَينَ الأَقوام

لَهفي صِرت بَينَ الأَقوام

حَديثاً مُعادا

حَديثاً مُعادا

Alas, among the people I have become

My longing, I have become, among the people,

a tale told again and again.

A repeated topic of condemnation,

وَقَد قَعَدت أَشجاني

وَقَد قَعَدت أَشجاني

بِكُلِّ سَبيل

بِكُلِّ سَبيل

And my sorrows have lain in wait

And my sorrows have settled

along every path.

In every path.

وَلا عَهدَ بِالسلوان

وَلا عَهدَ بِالسلوان

وَلا يَنبَغي لي

وَلا يَنبَغي لي

And I know nothing of forgetting love,

I am unaccustomed to comfort,

nor is it fitting for me.

Nor is it fitting for me.

هُوَ الحُسنُ لا أَختارُ

هُوَ الحُسنُ لا أَختارُ

مَطلوباً عَلَيهِ

مَطلوباً عَلَيهِ

He is beauty itself; I would not choose

It is beauty, I do not choose

any beloved over him.

A desired one over it,

وَجهٌ تُشرِقُ الأَنوارُ

وَجهٌ تُشرِقُ الأَنوارُ

عَلى صَفحَتَيهِ

عَلى صَفحَتَيهِ

A face where lights shine

A face from which lights shine,

upon its two cheeks,

Upon its cheeks,

وَتَستَبِقُ الأَبصار

وَتَستَبِقُ الأَبصار

إِلَيهِ إِلَيهِ

إِلَيهِ إِلَيهِ

and gazes race one another

And eyes compete

toward him, toward him.

Towards it, towards it.

وَقَد كَغُصنِ البانِ

وَقَد كَغُصنِ البانِ

في حقفٍ مَهيل

في حقفٍ مَهيل

And a figure like a ban-tree bough

It is like a moist branch

in a dune of loose sand.

In an inclined meadow.

فَذاكَ الَّذي يَلحاني

فَذاكَ الَّذي يَلحاني

عَلَيهِ عَذولي

عَلَيهِ عَذولي

So that is the one for whom I am reproached

That is what obsesses me,

by my faultfinder.

My crazed passion for it.

يَا اِبنَ الناصِرِ المَنصور

يَا اِبنَ الناصِرِ المَنصور

بِا اِبنِ المَجدِ أَجمَع

بِا اِبنِ المَجدِ أَجمَع

O son of al-Nasir al-Mansur,

Oh son of Al-Nasir Al-Mansur,

O son of all glory,

The son of all glory combined,

أَنتَ الأَمنُ لِلمَذعور

أَنتَ الأَمنُ لِلمَذعور

مِمّا يتَوَقَّع

مِمّا يتَوَقَّع

you are safety for the frightened

You are safety for the terrified,

from what he anticipates.

From what is feared.

فَكَم جَذلٌ مَسرور

فَكَم جَذلٌ مَسرور

يَقولُ وَيَسمَع

يَقولُ وَيَسمَع

So many a glad, delighted man

So many gallant, delighted ones

says and hears:

Say and hear:

أَبو حَفص هُ سُلطاني

أَبو حَفص هُ سُلطاني

اللَهُ يَحرزولي

اللَهُ يَحرزولي

Abu Hafs—he is my sovereign.

"Abu Hafs, he is my sultan,

May God preserve him for me!

God protect me for him."

هُ آمنّي هُ أَغناني

هُ آمنّي هُ أَغناني

هُ بَلَغن سولي

هُ بَلَغن سولي

He made me secure; he enriched me.

"He secured me, he enriched me,

He fulfilled my desire.

He fulfilled my wishes."