1. ما همَّني يا حبُّ إنْ

    مات الهوى في صدرِكْ

    It matters not to me, O love, if

    Passion died within your breast,

  2. أو كنتَ قدْ ضيَّعْتني

      في غفلةٍ منْ أمرِكْ

    Or you had already lost me

    In a heedless moment on your part,

  3. أو خلتَ أنّي مبعثُ

      نكَباتك في قطرِكْ

    Or you thought I was the source

    Of your calamities in your land,

  4. في غوركَ أو نجدكَ  

    في شامكَ أو مصركْ

    In your Ghawr lowlands or your Najd uplands,

    In your Sham or your Egypt,

  5. في شرقكَ أو غربكَ

    في بحركَ أو نهرِكْ

    In your east or your west,

    In your sea or your river,

  6. في قولكَ أو صمتكَ

    في ليلكَ أو صبحِكْ

    In your speech or your silence,

    In your night or your morning.

  7. سأظلُّ أحلمُ ما حيي

    تُ بقبلةٍ من ثغرِكْ

    I shall keep dreaming as long as I live

    Of a kiss from your lips.

  8. ما هالني يا حبُّ شيْ

      بُ ذؤابتي فيْ حبِّكْ

    It has not daunted me, O love—the graying

    Of my tress in loving you,

  9. أو فوْتُ عمري بانتظا

    رِ رجوعكَ في طيفِكْ

    Or my life slipping away as I await

    Your return in a vision of you,

  10. في شعرِكَ أو نثركَ

    في نحتِكَ أو رسمِكْ

    In your poetry or your prose,

    In your sculpture or your painting,

  11. في شمسكَ او ظلّكَ  

      في برْدِكَ أو صيْفِكْ

    In your sun or your shade,

    In your cold or your summer.

  12. سأظلُّ أحلمُ ما حيي   

    تُ بعوْدِك في فجرِكْ

    I shall keep dreaming as long as I live

    Of your return at your dawn.

  13. كمْ ساءني يا حبُّ ليْ

    لٌ أسرفَ في أرضِكْ

    How it grieved me, O love—a night

    That went to excess in your land!

  14. فنسيتُ ليلي ثمّ رحْ

      تُ أفكّرُ في ليلِكْ

    So I forgot my own night, then began

    To think about your night,

  15. مع أنّ ليلي لم يكنْ  

    ليطولَ لولا هجرُكْ

    Although my night would never

    Have lengthened but for your desertion.

  16. ولعنتُ قيدا أنت هوْ

       لولاه ُ لأنجدتُكْ

    And I cursed a fetter—you are it—

    But for it, I would have come to your aid.

  17. وقضيْتُ عمري أُبدعُ

    طبّاً يداوي جرحَكْ

    And I spent my life creating

    A remedy to heal your wound.

  18. سأظلُّ أحلمُ ما حيي

    تُ بميتةٍ من أجلِكْ

    I shall keep dreaming as long as I live

    Of a death for your sake.

  19. ما راعني يا حبُّ أنْ

    أسميتُ نفسي عبدَكْ

    It did not alarm me, O love, that

    I called myself your slave.

  20. أصليبُ عيسى أم هلا

    لُ محمدٍ في جيدِكْ؟!

    Is it the cross of Jesus or the crescent

    Of Muhammad around your neck?

  21. أأئمةَ بيتٍ أم الصْ

    صَحْبَ تخيّرَ قلبُكْ؟!

    Was it the Imams of the House or the

    Companions that your heart chose?

  22. ما همّني ما خرتَ إذ

      مهْما صنعتَ أُحبُّكْ

    It mattered not what you chose, for

    Whatever you do, I love you.

  23. قد قيل أنّ الزّهرَ يُر

    وي عطرَه من عطركْ

    It has been said that blossoms water

    Their fragrance with your fragrance,

  24. والشِّعْرَ يقتبسُ القوا  

      فِي أدمُعًا من شِعرِكْ

    And poetry borrows rhymes

    As tears from your poetry,

  25. والعود يحترف الصَّبا

    كي يستقلَّ بلحنِكْ

    And the oud masters the Saba mode

    So it may stand on its own with your melody,

  26. والماءَ لذّ قَراحُهُ ال  

       متقطّرُ من شَعرِكْ

    And water—sweet is its pure draught,

    Dripping from your hair,

  27. والروحَ يَشفيها فرا  

      تٌ يسكبُهُ حسنُكْ

    And the soul is healed by sweet water

    Poured forth by your beauty,

  28. والورد يرتقبُ الضيا

    حتى يفوزَ بكفّكْ

    And roses await the light

    Until they win a place in your palm.

  29. سأظلُّ أحلمُ ما حيي  

    تُ بوردةٍ من خدِّكْ

    I shall keep dreaming as long as I live

    Of a rose from your cheek.

  30.   أتلومُني يا حبُّ أنْ

    ني أُعرِضُ عن غيركْ؟!

    Do you blame me, O love, because

    I turn away from anyone but you?

  31. ما كان ذنبي أن أُصِبْ

      تُ بطعنةٍ من رمحكْ

    It was not my fault that I was struck

    By a thrust from your spear.

  32. والرّمحُ عينُك والجرو

    حُ جروحُك في قلبِكْ

    And the spear is your eye, and the wounds

    Are your wounds within your heart,

  33. والنّزفُ نزفُكَ والدّمو

    عُ دموعكَ في عينكْ

    And the bleeding is your bleeding, and the tears

    Are your tears within your eye.

  34. أوَ كانَ رمحاً طائشا ً

      أمْ دِقّةً في رميكْ؟

    And was it a wayward spear,

    Or precision in your throw?

  35. ويلاهُ ما أدميتَ حي  

    نَ رميْتَ سوى نفسَكْ

    Alas! You bloodied no one when

    You threw, except yourself.

  36. يا ليتكَ ناديتَ حيْ  

    نَ خرجْتَ الى صيدكْ

    Oh, if only you had called out when

    You set out on your hunt!

  37. كنتُ اتّقيتُكَ واتّقيْ  

    تَ فجيعةً في دربِكْ

    I would have avoided you, and you would have avoided

    A tragedy along your path.

  38. سأظلُّ أحلمُ ما حيي  

    تُ بغفوةٍ في حُضنِكْ

    I shall keep dreaming as long as I live

    Of a slumber in your embrace.

  39. تُوجعُني تلك ال "متى"

    ستعودُ إلى مهدِكْ!

    That ‘when’ pains me:

    Will you return to your cradle?

  40. أقبلْ ولا تخشَ الجبا

    لَ فإنّها من أهلِكْ

    Come, and do not fear the mountains—

    For they are of your kin.

  41. أقبلْ ولا تخشَ الحدو

    دَ فإنّها منْ صنعِكْ

    Come, and do not fear the borders—

    For they are of your own making.

  42. أتراك قد أسْرَجْتَ خيْ

      لكَ أم تراهُ صبرُكْ؟

    Have you, I wonder, already saddled your horses,

    Or is it your patience, do you think?

  43. لو كنتَ تعلمُ كمْ هجا   

    صبري تصَبُّرَ صبْرِكْ

    If you knew how much scorn

    My patience has shown for your patience’s strained endurance!

  44. لوكنت تعلمُ كمْ حلِم  

    تُ بأنّني في أسرِكْ

    If you knew how much I have dreamed

    That I am in your captivity.

  45. سأظلُّ أحلمُ ما حيي  

    تُ بأنّني في بيتِكْ

    I shall keep dreaming as long as I live

    That I am in your home.