أيُّ دمعٍ من الجُفونِ أساَله

أيُّ دمعٍ من الجُفونِ أساَله

مُذ أتتهُ معَ النَّسيمِ رِسالَه

مُذ أتتهُ معَ النَّسيمِ رِسالَه

What tears he made flow from the eyelids

What tear from my eyelids shall I shed

since a message reached him with the breeze!

Since the breeze brought me his message?

حمَّلتهُ الرِّياض أسرارَ عَرفٍ

حمَّلتهُ الرِّياض أسرارَ عَرفٍ

أودعتها السَّحائبَ الهَطَّالَه

أودعتها السَّحائبَ الهَطَّالَه

The gardens charged it with secrets of fragrance,

The meadows conveyed to him secrets of passion

deposited there by the rain-pouring clouds.

While the clouds deposited their burdens upon him.

مرَّ فيه والرَّوضُ زاهٍ فأضحَى

مرَّ فيه والرَّوضُ زاهٍ فأضحَى

ساحِباً فوقَ نَورهِ أَذيالَه

ساحِباً فوقَ نَورهِ أَذيالَه

It passed through it while the garden bloomed, then began

He passed by while the garden was flowering, so he departed

trailing its skirts over the blossoms.

Trailing his light behind him.

أَنشرَ القلبَ نشرُهُ مِن غرامٍ

أَنشرَ القلبَ نشرُهُ مِن غرامٍ

بأتَ مِنهُ مكابداً بِلبالَه

بأتَ مِنهُ مكابداً بِلبالَه

Its fragrance revived the passion-stricken heart,

I opened my heart and spread it wide with love

which had spent the night enduring its turmoil.

When he arrived burdened with his sorrows.

عذَّبتهُ من قَبلهِ عَذباتٌ

عذَّبتهُ من قَبلهِ عَذباتٌ

من فروعٍ على الحِمَى مَيَّاله

من فروعٍ على الحِمَى مَيَّاله

Before that, branch-tips had tormented it,

Before him, agonies had tortured me,

from boughs swaying over the protected grounds.

From branches leaning over the beloved's abode.

يا خليلي وللخليلِ حُقوقٌ

يا خليلي وللخليلِ حُقوقٌ

واجباتُ الأحوالِ في كلِّ حالَه

واجباتُ الأحوالِ في كلِّ حالَه

O my friend—a friend has rights,

Oh my friend, friendship has its rights,

binding in all circumstances, in every condition.

The duties of love in every circumstance.

سل عقيقَ الحمى وقل إِذ تَراهُ

سل عقيقَ الحمى وقل إِذ تَراهُ

خالياً من ظبائِه الُمختاله

خالياً من ظبائِه الُمختاله

Ask ʿAqīq of the protected grounds, and say when you see it

Ask the beloved about the pact of love, and say when you see him

empty of its proudly strutting gazelles:

Empty of his fanciful adornments:

أينَ تلكَ الَمراشفُ العَسليَّا

أينَ تلكَ الَمراشفُ العَسليَّا

تُ وتلكَ المعاطفُ العسَّالَه

تُ وتلكَ المعاطفُ العسَّالَه

Where are those honey-sweet lips,

"Where are those sweet pillows?

and those swaying forms?

And those fragrant robes?

وليالٍ قضَّيتُها كلآلِ

وليالٍ قضَّيتُها كلآلِ

بغزالِ تغارُ منه الغَزالَه

بغزالِ تغارُ منه الغَزالَه

And nights I spent, like pearls,

And nights I spent dissolving like drops of dew

with a gazelle whom the sun envies—

With a gazelle, at whom gazelles took offense?

بابليِّ الألحاظِ والرَّيقِ والأل

بابليِّ الألحاظِ والرَّيقِ والأل

فاظِ كلٌّ مُدامةٌ سَلسالَه

فاظِ كلٌّ مُدامةٌ سَلسالَه

Babylonian in glances, saliva, and...

Babylonian of glances, charm, and wit—

speech—each a smoothly flowing wine;

Each flowing string of jewels a necklace.

وسقيمِ الجفونِ والخصرِ والعَه

وسقيمِ الجفونِ والخصرِ والعَه

دِ فكُلٌّ تراهُ يشكو اعتِلالَه

دِ فكُلٌّ تراهُ يشكو اعتِلالَه

and ailing in eyelids, waist, and...

And sickly of eyelid, waist, and limb—

pledge—each, you see, complains of its frailty;

Each you see complaining of his ailment.

ونقيِّ الجبينِ والخدِّ والثَّغ

ونقيِّ الجبينِ والخدِّ والثَّغ

رِ فطُوبى لمن حسا جِريالَه

رِ فطُوبى لمن حسا جِريالَه

and pure of brow, cheek, and...

And pure of brow, cheek, and down—

mouth—blessed is whoever sips his red wine;

Happy he who senses their fragrance!

وطويلِ الصُّدودِ والشَّعرِ والمط

وطويلِ الصُّدودِ والشَّعرِ والمط

لِ ومن لي بأن يُديمَ مِطالَه

لِ ومن لي بأن يُديمَ مِطالَه

and long in aloofness, hair, and...

And tall of chest, hair, and stature—

delay—and who can ensure for me that he prolongs his delay?

Who can make his likeness endure?

من بين التُّركِ كلَّما جذبَ القَو

من بين التُّركِ كلَّما جذبَ القَو

سَ رأينا في كفِّه بدرَ هالَه

سَ رأينا في كفِّه بدرَ هالَه

From among the Turks; whenever he draws his...

Amongst the Turks whenever the bow was pulled taut

bow, we see in his palm a full moon within a halo.

In his grip we saw the haloed moon.

يقعٌ الوهمُ حينَ يَرمي فلم ند

يقعٌ الوهمُ حينَ يَرمي فلم ند

رِ يداهُ أم عينُه النَّبَّالَه

رِ يداهُ أم عينُه النَّبَّالَه

Doubt arises when he shoots, and we cannot...

Thought strays when he shoots—did we see

tell whether his hands or his eye shoots the arrows.

His hands or his shooting star eyes?

قلتُ لَّما ألوى ديونَ وصالي

قلتُ لَّما ألوى ديونَ وصالي

وهوَ مُثرٍ وقادرٌ لا مَحالَه

وهوَ مُثرٍ وقادرٌ لا مَحالَه

I said, when he deferred the debts of union owed me,

I said, when he refused my love

though he was wealthy and able, without a doubt:

While able to pay his debts, no doubt:

بينَنا الشَّرعُ قال سِربي فعندي

بينَنا الشَّرعُ قال سِربي فعندي

مشن صفاتي لكلِّ دعوَى دَلالَه

مشن صفاتي لكلِّ دعوَى دَلالَه

“Let the sacred law judge between us.” He said, “Take me along, for I have

'Between us is the law.' He said, 'Take my qualities—

from my attributes, evidence for every claim.

For every claim they are proof enough.

وشُهودي من خالٍ خَدِّي ومن قدِّ

وشُهودي من خالٍ خَدِّي ومن قدِّ

ي شهودٌ معروفةٌ بالعَدالَه

ي شهودٌ معروفةٌ بالعَدالَه

And my witnesses, from my cheek's mole and from...

And my witnesses are a cheek and a down—

my stature, are witnesses known for their uprightness.

Well-known witnesses of probity.'

أنا وكَّلتُ مُقلتي في دَمِ الخَل

أنا وكَّلتُ مُقلتي في دَمِ الخَل

قِ فقالت قَبلِتُ هذي الوَكالَه

قِ فقالت قَبلِتُ هذي الوَكالَه

I have appointed my eye to act for me in shedding the blood of...

I made my tears my agent in the blood of creation,

humankind; it said, ‘I accept this commission.’”

So my kissing said: 'I accept this agency.'"