قال لي عاذِلي تَناءَ عن الحب

قال لي عاذِلي تَناءَ عن الحب

بِ وأَنّى من سَكْرَةِ الحبّ صَحْوُ

بِ وأَنّى من سَكْرَةِ الحبّ صَحْوُ

My reprover said to me, “Keep away from love.”

My blamer said to me, refrain from love

Yet how can one sober up from love’s intoxication?

How could I sober from love's intoxication?

لامَ مُستَهتراً بها وهو سالٍ

لامَ مُستَهتراً بها وهو سالٍ

وشجيّاً بحبّها وهْوَ خِلْوُ

وشجيّاً بحبّها وهْوَ خِلْوُ

He blamed one infatuated with her, while himself untroubled,

He reproached it recklessly while it flows

and one grieving for love of her, while himself untouched by love.

And painfully while separated from its affection

كلُّ يومٍ على الهوى لمحبٍّ

كلُّ يومٍ على الهوى لمحبٍّ

هو في قبضةِ الصّبابةِ لَغْوُ

هو في قبضةِ الصّبابةِ لَغْوُ

Every day in love, for a lover

Each day for a lover over passion

who is in longing’s grip, is wasted.

Is in the grip of confusion and distraction

لَيسَ إلّا التّكديرُ في الحبِّ والتّرْ

لَيسَ إلّا التّكديرُ في الحبِّ والتّرْ

نيقُ عَمْداً فكيف يُطلَبُ صَفْوُ

نيقُ عَمْداً فكيف يُطلَبُ صَفْوُ

There is nothing in love but vexation and

In love there is only turbulence and injury

deliberate clouding—how, then, can clarity be sought?

So how can calmness and peace be sought?

قَد شَكَونا إلى الّتي ساقَنا الحُسْ

قَد شَكَونا إلى الّتي ساقَنا الحُسْ

نُ إِلَيها لو كان ينفعُ شَكْوُ

نُ إِلَيها لو كان ينفعُ شَكْوُ

We have complained to her whom beauty led us

We complained to her who brought us delight

to—if only complaint were of any use.

As if complaining could be of any use

وَسأَلنا الجاني عَلينا مدا الأي

وَسأَلنا الجاني عَلينا مدا الأي

يام عفواً فلمْ يكنْ منه عَفْوُ

يام عفواً فلمْ يكنْ منه عَفْوُ

And we asked the one who wronged us, throughout the

And asked the one who wronged us for days of forgiveness

days, for pardon; yet no pardon came from him.

Yet from him came no pardon or mercy

كلَّ يومٍ له عليك اِحتراقٌ

كلَّ يومٍ له عليك اِحتراقٌ

من فراقٍ ومِنْ صدودِك شَجْوُ

من فراقٍ ومِنْ صدودِك شَجْوُ

Every day, on your account, he burns

Each day for you is burning with separation

from separation, and grieves at your turning away.

And sadness from your rejection and disdain

وعقابٌ وليس منه اِجترامٌ

وعقابٌ وليس منه اِجترامٌ

وعتابٌ ولم يكن منه هَفْوُ

وعتابٌ ولم يكن منه هَفْوُ

And he suffers punishment, though he has committed no offense,

There is punishment but no avoidance from it

and reproach, though he has made no misstep.

Blame but no gentleness or comfort from it