زَارَنِي بَعْدَ الجَفَا ظَبْيُ النُّجُودِ

زَارَنِي بَعْدَ الجَفَا ظَبْيُ النُّجُودِعَنْبَرِيُّ العَرْفِ وَرْدِيُّ الخُدُودِ

Zāranī baʿda al-jafā ẓabyu an-nujūdi, ʿanbariyyu al-ʿarfi wardiyyu al-khudūdi

After estrangement, the gazelle of the uplands visited me, scented with ambergris, rosy of cheek,

وَسَقَانِيْ مِنْ رَحِيقٍ فِي البَدِيدِوَشَفَى بِالمُلْتَقَى قَلْبَ العَمِيدِ

Wasaqāniy min raḥīqin fī al-badīdi, Washafā bi-al-multaqā qalba al-ʿamīdi

And gave me nectar to drink in the wilderness, and healed the lovesick heart by meeting.

قُلْتُ أَهْلاً يَا غَزَالَ الرَّقْمَتَيْنِأَنْتَ قُرَّةُ خَاطِرِيْ أَيْضاً وَعَيْنِي

Qultu ahlan yā ghazāla ar-raqmatayni, Anta qurratu khāṭiriy ayḍan waʿaynī

I said: "Welcome, O gazelle of al-Raqmatayn! You are the delight of my mind and of my eye.

لَا تَعَدِّي يَا سُوَيْجِي المُقْلَتَيْنِهَكَذَا تَرْعَى ذِمَامِي وَعُهُودِي

Lā taʿaddī yā suwayjī al-muqlatayni, Hakadhā tarʿā dhimāmī waʿuhūdī

Do not stray far, O little one with dark eyes; keep my bond and my pledges like this."

أَقْبَلَتْ لِي حِينَ أَقْبَلْتَ البَشَائِرْبِالأَمَانِي وَالمُنَى يَا ظَبْيَ عَامِرْ

Aqbalat lī ḥīna aqbalta al-bashāʾir, Bi-al-ʾamānī wa-al-munā yā ẓabya ʿāmir

When you came, glad tidings came to me with hopes and wishes, O gazelle of 'Amir.

كَمْ وَكَمْ لِيْ مِنْ مَرَامٍ وَمَرَامِرْفِيكَ يَا دُرِّي المَبَاسِمْ وَالعُقُودِ

Kam wakam liy min marāmin wamarāmir, Fīka yā durrī al-mabāsim wa-al-ʿuqūdi

How many, many aims and desires I have in you, O you of pearly smiles and necklaces!

يَا قَضِيباً يَتَمَايَلْ فِي كَثِيبِعِنْدَمَا هَبَّتْ لَهُ رِيحُ الجَنُوبِ

Yā qaḍīban yatamāyal fī kathībi, ʿindamā habbat lahu rīḥu al-janūbi

O branch swaying on a dune when the south wind blows upon it,

عُدْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تَخَفْ قَوْلَ الرَّقِيبِيَا مَسَرَّاتِي مَتَى مَا عَادَ عُودِي

ʿud ilaynā lā takhaf qawla ar-raqībi, Yā masarrātī matā mā ʿāda ʿūdī

Return to us, do not fear the watcher's words; O my joy, whenever you come back to me!

يَا رَعَى اللهُ لَيَالٍ بِالمَعَاهِدْنِلْتُ فِيهَا مَا أُرَجِّيهِ وَزَائِدْ

Yā raʿā Allāhu layālin bi-al-maʿāhid, Niltu fīhā mā urajjīhi wazāʾid

May Allah protect nights at the familiar haunts in which I attained all I hoped for and more.

هَلْ تَرَى عَيْشاً تَقَضَّى ثَمَّ عَائِدْإِنْ وَإِلَّا بِالبُكَا يَا عَيْنُ جُودِي

Hal tarā ʿayshan taqaḍḍā thamma ʿāʾid, In waʾillā bi-al-bukā yā ʿaynu jūdī

Do you think a life that has passed will return there? If not, then weep generously, O my eye.

إِنَّ لِي فِي اللهِ آمَالاً طَوِيلَهْوَظُنُوناً حَسَنَهْ فِيهِ جَمِيلَهْ

Inna lī fī Allāhi ʾāmālan ṭawīlah, Waẓunūnan ḥasanah fīhi jamīlah

I have long hopes in Allah, and beautiful, good expectations of Him.

لَيْسَ لِي فِي نَيْلِ مَا أَرْجُو وَسِيلَهْغَيْرَ طَهَ المُصْطَفَى زَيْنِ الوُجُودِ

Laysa lī fī nayli mā arjū wasīlah, Ghayra ṭaha al-muṣṭafā zayni al-wujūdi

I have no means to attain what I hope for except Taha, the Chosen One, the adornment of existence.