خُذِي، خُذِي قَلبي أسيرَ المِحَنْ

خُذِي، خُذِي قَلبي أسيرَ المِحَنْ

فالبُعْدُ والصَّمْتُ أثارا شَجَنْ

فالبُعْدُ والصَّمْتُ أثارا شَجَنْ

Take, take my heart, captive to trials.

Take, take my heart captive of sorrows

For separation and silence have stirred sorrow.

For distance and silence stirred longing

يا فِتْنَةَ المِحْرابِ في سَجْدَتي

يا فِتْنَةَ المِحْرابِ في سَجْدَتي

وسُورةَ الإخلاصِ يومَ الفِتَنْ

وسُورةَ الإخلاصِ يومَ الفِتَنْ

O enchantment of the prayer niche in my prostration,

O allure of the altar in my prostration

And Surah Al-Ikhlas on the day of trials.

And surah of sincerity on days of trials

صَحراءُ قلبِ الحُبِّ مُشتاقةٌ

صَحراءُ قلبِ الحُبِّ مُشتاقةٌ

والجُرحُ قد أبكى فُؤادي وأنّْ

والجُرحُ قد أبكى فُؤادي وأنّْ

The desert of love's heart is yearning.

The desert of the heart of love is longing

And the wound has made my heart weep, and it has groaned.

And the wound made my soul weep

والجَفْنُ يَشكو مِن سُهادِ الهوى

والجَفْنُ يَشكو مِن سُهادِ الهوى

ما بالُه حَرَّمَ حتّى الوَسَنْ

ما بالُه حَرَّمَ حتّى الوَسَنْ

And the eyelid complains of love's sleeplessness.

And the eyelid complains of the insomnia of passion

What ails it, that it has forbidden even drowsiness?

Why did it deprive it even of drowsiness?

أَبَعْدَ عَهدٍ قاطعٍ بيننا

أَبَعْدَ عَهدٍ قاطعٍ بيننا

لا ينطوي مهما طواه الزَّمَنْ

لا ينطوي مهما طواه الزَّمَنْ

Is it after a binding covenant between us—

After a period that separated us

That will not be folded away, however time folds it—

Time cannot fold no matter how long

نُغْلِقُ بابَيْنِ فَتحناهما

نُغْلِقُ بابَيْنِ فَتحناهما

للأمنِ بعد الخوفِ بعدَ الحَزَنْ؟

للأمنِ بعد الخوفِ بعدَ الحَزَنْ؟

That we close two doors we opened

Shall we close the doors we opened

For safety after fear, after sorrow?

For safety after fear after sadness?

لا تَجْزَعي مِن ناقدٍ حاقدٍ

لا تَجْزَعي مِن ناقدٍ حاقدٍ

تَغَزَّلي حُبًّا ومَنْ ظَنَّ ظَنّْ

تَغَزَّلي حُبًّا ومَنْ ظَنَّ ظَنّْ

Do not be distressed by a spiteful critic.

Do not worry about a critic who envies

Speak of love, lovingly, and let whoever suspects suspect.

Fall in love and whoever assumes, assumes