طبتyou have become sweet ليto me ياO بدرfull moon مجلىunveiled
طبت لي يا بدر مجلى
مذsince غداbecame قلبيmy heart سماكyour sky
مذ غدا قلبي سماك
You are sweet to me, O unveiled full moon,
You rose for me, oh full moon, in my sitting place,
Since my heart became your sky.
Since my heart became your sky,
كلّevery حسنٍbeauty لاحshone forth يُجلَىis unveiled
كلّ حسنٍ لاح يُجلَى
مستعارٌborrowed منfrom سناكyour radiance
مستعارٌ من سناك
Every beauty that shines forth unveiled
Every beauty shone clearly,
Is borrowed from your radiance.
Borrowed from your brilliance.
وبهand through it القلبthe heart المتيّمlove-enthralled
وبه القلب المتيّم
غابvanished وجداًin love's ecstasy عنfrom وجودexistence
غاب وجداً عن وجود
And through it the love-enthralled heart
With it, the yearning heart was absent,
Vanished from existence in love's ecstasy.
Vanished in ecstasy from existence.
وشداand sang منone who ماتdied قتلاًslain
وشدا من مات قتلاً
فيin الهوىlove روحيmy soul فداكa ransom for you
في الهوى روحي فداك
And he who was slain sang
And the one who died of love for you,
In love: 'My soul be your ransom!'
My soul ransomed you.
لذwas sweet ليto me فيin الحبّlove سلبيmy being despoiled
لذ لي في الحبّ سلبي
أيّهاO البدرthe full moon المنيرradiant
أيّها البدر المنير
Being despoiled in love is sweet to me,
The deprivation in love was sweet to me,
O radiant full moon.
O bright full moon.
أنتyou فردوسٌa paradise لقلبيfor my heart
أنت فردوسٌ لقلبي
وهوwhile it فيin نارfire السعيرthe blaze
وهو في نار السعير
You are a paradise for my heart,
You are paradise to my heart,
Though it is in a blazing fire.
While it is in the blazing hell.
عجباًhow wondrous وهوwhile it منعّمْblissful
عجباً وهو منعّمْ
يصطليburns in ذاتpossessing الوقودfuel
يصطلي ذات الوقود
How wondrous! Though it is in bliss,
Strangely, though gratified,
It burns in the fuel-fed fire.
It warms itself with that firewood.
أنتyou فيهwithin it وهوwhile it ظلّاًas a shadow
أنت فيه وهو ظلّاً
دائراًcircling يبغيseeks رضاكyour favor
دائراً يبغي رضاك
You are within it, while it, like a shadow,
You are in it and it is a shadow,
Circles, seeking your favor.
Turning, seeking your approval.
كلّevery حسنٍbeauty قدhas تبدّىappeared
كلّ حسنٍ قد تبدّى
منfrom بهاsplendor ذاتthe essence of البهاbeauty
من بها ذات البها
Every beauty that has appeared
Every beauty has appeared,
From the splendor of beauty's essence,
From the essence of beauty itself.
بسليميin Sulayma أوor بسُعدَىin Su'da
بسليمي أو بسُعدَى
فمنand thus through الحسنbeauty ازدهىgrew radiant
فمن الحسن ازدهى
In Sulayma or in Su'da,
In Suleima or in Sa'ada,
And thus grew radiant with beauty—
So from beauty it shone brighter.
ماnot رأىsaw مجلاهits manifestation مغرمْan enthralled lover
ما رأى مجلاه مغرمْ
فيin رداحٍa full-figured maiden أوor خرودa bashful maiden
في رداحٍ أو خرود
No lover ever beheld its manifestation
That which a lovesick one saw,
In a full-figured or a bashful maiden,
In a meadow or on a hill,
لاحshone كالمصباحlike a lamp إلّاexcept that
لاح كالمصباح إلّا
فيin مرائيهits mirrors رآكhe saw you
في مرائيه رآك
Shining like a lamp, without
Shone like a lamp, but only
Seeing you in its mirrors.
In your mirrors he saw you.
ياO ربيعspringtime of القلبthe heart هلّاmight it not
يا ربيع القلب هلّا
جازbe permissible لوif طرفيmy eye رعاكbeheld you
جاز لو طرفي رعاك
O springtime of the heart, might it not
O springtime of the heart, would that
Be permitted for my eye to behold you?
My eyes be allowed to look upon you.
إنif تكنyou are للقلبto the heart تجلىrevealed
إن تكن للقلب تجلى
مَنwho لعينيfor my eye أنto تراكsee you
مَن لعيني أن تراك
If you are revealed to the heart,
If there is a revelation for the heart,
Who will grant my eye the sight of you?
Who can enable my eyes to see you?
فعلىthen to سمعيmy hearing تكرّمْbe gracious
فعلى سمعي تكرّمْ
بعدafter إطلاقthe release of القيودthe fetters
بعد إطلاق القيود
Then be gracious to my hearing,
So be generous to my hearing,
After the fetters have been loosed,
After releasing constraints,
قائلاًsaying أهلاًwelcome وسهلاًand welcome
قائلاً أهلاً وسهلاً
سامعاًlistening كلّيall of me نداكyour call
سامعاً كلّي نداك
Saying, 'Welcome, welcome!'
Saying "welcome, welcome,"
My whole being listening to your call.
Hearing all your call.
وعلىand upon المختارthe Chosen One صلّىmay He send blessings
وعلى المختار صلّى
ثمّthen حيّاmay He greet بالسلامwith peace
ثمّ حيّا بالسلام
And may blessings be upon the Chosen One,
And bless the Chosen One,
Then greetings of peace,
Then greet with peace,
ربّناour Lord عزّmighty is He وجلّاand exalted is He
ربّنا عزّ وجلّا
وعلىand upon الآلthe family الكرامnoble
وعلى الآل الكرام
From our Lord, mighty and exalted,
Our Lord, Glorious and Exalted,
And upon his noble family,
And the Noble Family.
ماas long as غداremains اليافيal-Yafi مغرمْlove-enthralled
ما غدا اليافي مغرمْ
يشدوsinging منfrom حرّthe burning heat of الصدودrejection
يشدو من حرّ الصدود
For as long as al-Yafi remains love-enthralled,
He who is enamored with you became,
Singing from the burning heat of rejection:
Singing from the heat of rebuff.
ياO هلالاًcrescent لاحshone forth يُجلَىis unveiled
يا هلالاً لاح يُجلَى
فوقabove غصنٍa bough منof أراكthe arak tree
فوق غصنٍ من أراك
'O crescent that shines forth unveiled,
O crescent moon shining clearly
Above a bough of arak!'
Above a branch - from where I saw you!