1. بحق من يا منيتي

    أعظم فيك فتنتي

    By the one who, O my heart's desire,

    made my infatuation with you so great,

  2. لا تغضبي فلم تكن

    جنايتي في يقظتي

    do not be angry, for it was not

    in wakefulness that I committed my offense.

  3. نعم حلمت انني

    قد نلت أقصى بغيتي

    Yes, I dreamed that I

    had attained my utmost desire,

  4. وأنّ قلب من أحب

    ب هام في محبتي

    and that the heart of the one I love

    was lost in love for me.

  5. جريمة أثمتها

    يا ويحها جريمتي

    A crime I committed in sin—

    alas for it, my crime!

  6. لكنها لقد جرت

    سيدتي في غفلتي

    But it did take place,

    my lady, in my unawareness.

  7. وسوف اقتص من ال

    رقاد يا مليكتي

    And I shall take revenge upon

    sleep, O my queen.

  8. بل فاصحفي عن ذنبه

    فإنه وسيلتي

    Rather, pardon its sin,

    for it is my means:

  9. إذ انني لولاه من

    ك لم أفز بلمحة

    for without it I would never

    have won a glance from you,

  10. ولا حلمت بهوا

    ك بي وهذا منيتي

    nor dreamed of your love

    for me—and this is my wish.

  11. أيرتجي هواك ص

    مب عاقل في اليقظة

    Would a lover hope for your love,

    if sane, while awake?

  12. وكيف يمتد إلي

    ك بصر يا مهجتي

    And how could a gaze reach

    you, O my life's blood?

  13. إن البكا يشغلني

    في يقظتي عن نظرتي

    Weeping keeps me

    while awake from looking

  14. إليك يا ملاك رق

    دتي وراعي مقلتي

    at you. O angel of my slumber

    and guardian of my eye,

  15. أدعو فنقل فوق أج

    فاني وغيب فكرتي

    I call: then move over my

    eyelids, and veil my thought.

  16. وابسط على عيني من

    جودك أهنى نعسة

    And spread over my eye, from

    your generosity, the sweetest doze.

  17. لعل حلم الأمس يب

    دو لي بهذي الليلة

    Perhaps yesterday's dream will appear

    to me on this night.

  18. لله ما أبدع ما

    أرى بتلك الخلسة

    By God, how wondrous is what

    I see in that stolen moment!

  19. وأيّ مشهد يبي

    ن لي بتلك البغتة

    And what a scene becomes clear

    to me in that sudden instant!

  20. أرى بعين الروح ما

    يسكرني من دهشة

    With the eye of the soul I see what

    intoxicates me with wonder.

  21. لا يستطيع وصف غب

    طتي لسان اللغة

    My bliss cannot be described

    by the tongue of language.

  22. ومنزل سكنته

    أضحى سماء البقعة

    And a dwelling you inhabited

    became the heaven of that place.

  23. ولا وصول للسما

    ء قبل يوم النفخة

    And there is no reaching heaven

    before the day of the trumpet blast.

  24. وقيل إن النوم في ال

    حق شقيق الميتة

    And it is said that sleep, in

    truth, is the sibling of death.

  25. فصرت من أجلك اه

    وى ميتتي أو نومتي

    So, for your sake, I have come to

    long for my death or my sleep,

  26. عساي أن أذوق من

    مرآك شبه اللذة

    that I might taste, from

    the sight of you, a semblance of pleasure;

  27. إذ لذة اللقاء في

    سماك فوق قدرتي

    for the pleasure of meeting in

    your heaven is beyond my power.

  28. أراك قد قطبت لي

    وجهك يا أميرتي

    I see that you have scowled at me,

    with your face, O my princess,

  29. كأنك استعظمت لي

    بلوغ تلك النعمة

    as though you thought it too much for me

    to attain that blessing.

  30. إن كان ذنبي في منا

    مي موجبا عقوبتي

    If my sin in my sleep

    calls for my punishment,

  31. رحماك حسبي ما أرى

    في يقظتي من غصتي

    have mercy! What I suffer is enough—

    my anguish in my waking hours.

  32. إذ كل ما شاهدته

    من نعمة وغبطة

    For all that I witnessed

    of blessing and bliss

  33. ما كان إلا حلما

    قد مر مثل طرفة

    was nothing but a dream

    that passed like the blink of an eye.

  34. ولم أفز من حسنه

    إلا بشبه اللمحة

    And of its beauty I gained

    only the semblance of a glance.

  35. وقد ترين في الذي

    شرحته من قصتي

    You may see, in what

    I have related of my story,

  36. جناية لكنني

    جنيتها في غفلتي

    an offense; but I

    committed it in my unawareness.

  37. وليت قد علمت ما

    أشعر عند هبتي

    And would that you had known what

    I feel upon awakening,

  38. منذ غدا طيفك لا

    يمر بي في هجعتي

    since your phantom has ceased

    to pass by me in my slumber.

  39. واكدري وألمي

    واحسرتي وأوحشني

    Alas for my distress and my pain!

    Alas for my sorrow—and it has made me lonely!

  40. حسبي بها عقوبة

    أجزى بها في يقظتي

    That is punishment enough for me,

    dealt to me while I am awake.

  41. يا منيتي يا رحمتي

    يا نعمتي يا جنبي

    O my heart's desire, O my mercy,

    O my blessing, O my side.