لمnot تنسنيmake me forget فتنةُallure الدنياthe world وزينتهاand its adornment
لم تنسني فتنةُ الدنيا وزينتها
ماwhat فيin شمائلكyour qualities الغراءradiant منof فتنenchantments
ما في شمائلك الغراء من فتن
The world's allure and adornment have not made me forget
The world's splendor and allure have not made me forget you
The enchantments in your radiant qualities.
Nothing in your beautiful features can compare to your charm
أطوفُI wander بالحسنamid beauty تصبينيcaptivate me بدائعهُits marvels
أطوفُ بالحسن تصبيني بدائعهُ
كماas يطوفwanders معنّىone tormented القلبthe heart بالدمنamong ruined encampments
كما يطوف معنّى القلب بالدمن
I wander amid beauty; its marvels captivate me,
I wander in beauty, you rain upon me its wonders
As one tormented at heart wanders among ruined encampments.
As the heart's desire wanders in the abode of time
فلاso ... not تثيرstir مغانيهits haunts ونضرتهُand its freshness
فلا تثير مغانيه ونضرتهُ
فيin ظلthe shadow of ذكراكyour memory غيرother than الهمworry والحزنand sorrow
في ظل ذكراك غير الهم والحزن
So its haunts and its freshness stir
So do not arouse its melodies and youthfulness
In the shadow of your memory, only worry and sorrow.
In the shadow of remembering you, nothing but anxiety and sorrow
آمنتُI believed بالحبin love لولاwere it not for أنتyou ماnot جمحتrushed unrestrained
آمنتُ بالحب لولا أنت ما جمحت
منىlongings الضلوعthe ribs إلىtoward أهلٍkin ولاnor وطنhomeland
منى الضلوع إلى أهلٍ ولا وطن
I believed in love; but for you, there would have been no wild rush
I would not have believed in love, were it not for you
Of the longings in my ribs toward kin or homeland.
My ribs would not have left family and home
ياO منyou who تحيّرتُI was perplexed لاnot أدرىI know أيسعدنيdoes it gladden me?
يا من تحيّرتُ لا أدرى أيسعدني
غرامهُhis ardent love أمor هواهُhis passion محنةُthe ordeal of المحنordeals
غرامهُ أم هواهُ محنةُ المحن
O you who leave me perplexed—I know not whether I am gladdened
O you whom I am confused, not knowing whether your passion
By your ardent love, or whether your passion is the ordeal of ordeals.
Or your love is the ordeal of ordeals
ماwhat ضرّdid harm لوif نعمتfound bliss عينايmy two eyes أوor شقيتsuffered
ما ضرّ لو نعمت عيناي أو شقيت
قبلbefore الفراقparting بمرأىat the sight of وجهكyour face الحسنbeautiful
قبل الفراق بمرأى وجهك الحسن
What harm would it have done had my eyes found bliss or misery
No harm if my eyes enjoyed or suffered
Before parting, at the sight of your beautiful face?
Before departure, the sight of your beautiful face
لولاwere it not for مثالكyour likeness فيin باريسParis ألمحهُI glimpse it
لولا مثالك في باريس ألمحهُ
فيin طلعةthe face of البدرthe full moon أوor فيin نضرةthe freshness of الفنَنthe bough
في طلعة البدر أو في نضرة الفنَن
Were it not for your likeness in Paris, which I glimpse
Had I not glimpsed your likeness in Paris
In the full moon's face or in the freshness of a bough,
In the rising of the moon or in the bloom of arts
ماnot صافحshook hands with النومsleep أجفانيmy eyelids ولاnor احتملتbore
ما صافح النوم أجفاني ولا احتملت
جوانحيmy breast ماwhat أثارstirred البنcoffee منof شجنsorrow
جوانحي ما أثار البن من شجن
Sleep would not have shaken hands with my eyelids, nor could I have borne
Sleep would not have befriended my eyelids
Within my breast the sorrow that coffee stirred.
Nor my heart endured what the separation provoked of agony
جَنتdid harm عليّagainst me اللياليthe nights غيرnot ظالمةٍunjust
جَنت عليّ الليالي غير ظالمةٍ
إنيindeed I لأهلٌsurely deserving لماof what ألقاهI encounter it منfrom زمنيmy time
إني لأهلٌ لما ألقاه من زمني
The nights have dealt me harm, yet were not unjust;
The nights were not unjust to me
Indeed, I deserve what my times bring me.
I am worthy of what time has cast upon me
فماso never رأيتI saw منamong الأخطارdangers عاديةan onslaught
فما رأيت من الأخطار عادية
إلاexcept that بنيتُI built علىupon أجوازهاits midst سكنىa dwelling
إلا بنيتُ على أجوازها سكنى
So never have I seen an onslaught of dangers
So I have not seen dangers as mundane
Without building a dwelling in its very midst.
Except I built my dwellings upon their expanse
ولاnor لمحتُI glimpsed منamong الآمالِhopes بارقةًa flash
ولا لمحتُ من الآمالِ بارقةً
إلاexcept that تقحّمتُI braved ماwhatever تجتازit crosses منof قُنَنmountain peaks
إلا تقحّمتُ ما تجتاز من قُنَن
Nor have I glimpsed a flash of hope
Nor glimpsed hopes shine
Without braving whatever peaks it crosses.
Except I plunged into what transcends statutes
أحلتُI transformed دنيايmy world معنىan idea لاno قرارrest لهfor it
أحلتُ دنياي معنى لا قرار له
فيin ذمةthe obligation of المجدglory ماwhat شرّدتُI drove away منof وسنdrowsiness
في ذمة المجد ما شرّدتُ من وسن
I have turned my world into an idea with no resting place;
I made my life an aimless philosophy
Glory owes me for all the slumber I have driven away.
In the custody of glory, however far my forgetfulness wandered