لقدْ قالَ طرفى للفؤادِ شغلتني

لقدْ قالَ طرفى للفؤادِ شغلتني

فقالَ لهُ بلْ أنت باللحظِ شاغِلى

فقالَ لهُ بلْ أنت باللحظِ شاغِلى

Indeed, my eye said to my heart: You have kept me occupied.

My eyes said to my heart, "You have kept me busy."

It answered: Rather, you distract me with your glances.

So it said to them, "Rather, you with a glance occupy me."

نظرتَ فأوريتَ الغرامَ بمهجتي

نظرتَ فأوريتَ الغرامَ بمهجتي

ولولاكَ لم أصبو لنلْكَ المنازلِ

ولولاكَ لم أصبو لنلْكَ المنازلِ

You looked and kindled passion in my lifeblood;

You looked and ignited love in my affections,

but for you, I would not yearn for those dwellings.

And were it not for you, I would not yearn for your dwellings.

فقال له أنتَ المحرِّكُ للهوَى

فقال له أنتَ المحرِّكُ للهوَى

فأرسلتني أَرْنُو إلى كلِّ طائلِ

فأرسلتني أَرْنُو إلى كلِّ طائلِ

It said to it: You are the one who stirs desire,

So it said to them, "You are the one who stirs up passion,

and so you sent me to gaze at everything of worth.

So you sent me to pine for every inaccessible thing."

لأنكَ سلطانُ الجوارح كلِّها

لأنكَ سلطانُ الجوارح كلِّها

مِن الجسم فاحفظْ سيدي كلَّ عامِلِ

مِن الجسم فاحفظْ سيدي كلَّ عامِلِ

For you are sovereign over all the bodily members

For you are the sultan of all the senses

of the body; so, my master, guard every worker.

Of the body, so protect, my master, every worker.

فقالَ لهُ لو لم تكنْ أنتَ نَاظرٌ

فقالَ لهُ لو لم تكنْ أنتَ نَاظرٌ

لما صرتُ مهموماً حليفَ المشاغلِ

لما صرتُ مهموماً حليفَ المشاغلِ

It answered: Had you not been looking,

So it said to them, "If you were not a seer,

I would not have become sorrowful, a companion to cares.

I would not become troubled, a comrade of preoccupations."

لأنك والآذانُ للقلبِ رائدٌ

لأنك والآذانُ للقلبِ رائدٌ

بنَثْتُم لنا الأخبارَ عَنْ كلِّ نازلِ

بنَثْتُم لنا الأخبارَ عَنْ كلِّ نازلِ

For you and the ears are scouts for the heart;

For you and the ears are guides to the heart,

you relayed to us news of every new arrival.

You brought us news of every event.

فقالت له الآذانُ بلْ أنتَ مرسلٌ

فقالت له الآذانُ بلْ أنتَ مرسلٌ

ولولاكَ ما نُصِغي إلى قولِ قائلِ

ولولاكَ ما نُصِغي إلى قولِ قائلِ

The ears said to it: Rather, you are the one who sends us,

So the ears said to it, "Rather, you are a sender,

and but for you, we would not listen to any speaker's words.

And were it not for you, we would not listen to any speaker."

فقال لهم قلبي إذا كنت مالكاً

فقال لهم قلبي إذا كنت مالكاً

مقيماً ولم أبرحْ بتلكَ المعاقِل

مقيماً ولم أبرحْ بتلكَ المعاقِل

Then my heart said to them: If I am a ruler,

So my heart said to them, "If I am an owner,

abiding in those strongholds, never departing,

Remaining and not moving from those fortresses,

فمِنْ أينَ لِي أن أعلمَ الخبرَ الذِي

فمِنْ أينَ لِي أن أعلمَ الخبرَ الذِي

يخبرنا عن أمر زيد وَوَائلِ

يخبرنا عن أمر زيد وَوَائلِ

how can I learn the news that

Then how could I know the news

tells us about the affairs of Zayd and Wa'il?

That informs us of the matter of Zayd and Waa'il?"

ولا أعلمُ الأخبارَ إلا بخبرِكُم

ولا أعلمُ الأخبارَ إلا بخبرِكُم

ولولاكُمُ لم يأتني فِعْلُ فاعلِ

ولولاكُمُ لم يأتني فِعْلُ فاعلِ

And I know no news except through your report,

"And I do not know the news except through your reports,

and but for you, no doer's deed would reach me.

And were it not for you, no doer's deed would come to me."

فقال لهم أتعبتموني فكلُّكُم

فقال لهم أتعبتموني فكلُّكُم

سواءٌ تعاوَنْتُم على كلِّ باطِلِ

سواءٌ تعاوَنْتُم على كلِّ باطِلِ

Then it said to them: You have wearied me; all of you

So it said to them, "You have wearied me, and each one of you

are alike—you have joined forces in every falsehood.

Is equal in that you have cooperated upon every falsehood."

فلولاكُمُ لم أمسِ في الفُرشِ ثاوياً

فلولاكُمُ لم أمسِ في الفُرشِ ثاوياً

طريحَ جوىً بين الحِمى والخمائِل

طريحَ جوىً بين الحِمى والخمائِل

But for you, I would not lie in bed at evening,

"And were it not for you, I would not lie down to rest on the bedrolls,

stricken with lovesickness between the protected grounds and the thickets.

Languishing, crazed among the fevers and lovesickness."

ألاَ ما تقوا اللهَ المؤلِّفَ بيننَا

ألاَ ما تقوا اللهَ المؤلِّفَ بيننَا

ولا تتركوني ثايواً في المجاهِلِ

ولا تتركوني ثايواً في المجاهِلِ

Take heed: fear God, who unites us,

"Will you not fear God, the One who created harmony between us?

and do not leave me lying in trackless wastes.

And will you not leave me lying among the ignorances?"