ما إن ذكرتك في قوم أجالسهم

ما إن ذكرتك في قوم أجالسهم

إلاّ تجدّد من ذكراك بلوائي

إلاّ تجدّد من ذكراك بلوائي

Never do I mention you among people whose company I keep

Never have I mentioned you among people I sit with

Whenever I mention you among the people I sit with

without my affliction being renewed by the memory of you.

Without the memory of you renewing my affliction.

My sorrows about you are renewed

ولا هممت بشرب الماء من عطش

ولا هممت بشرب الماء من عطش

إلاّ وجدت خيالاً منك في الماء

إلاّ وجدت خيالاً منك في الماء

Nor do I think of drinking water when I thirst

Nor have I thought of drinking water out of thirst

And whenever I think to quench my thirst with water

without finding an image of you in the water.

Without finding an image of you in the water.

I find an image of you in the water

ولا حضرت مكاناً لستَ شاهدَهُ

ولا حضرت مكاناً لستَ شاهدَهُ

إلاّ وجدت فتوراً بين أعضائي

إلاّ وجدت فتوراً بين أعضائي

Nor do I enter a place where you are not present

Nor have I been in a place where you were not present

And whenever I am present in a place where you are absent

without feeling a languor throughout my limbs.

Without feeling a languor throughout my limbs.

I find my limbs grow weary

حسبي ودادك من خفضي ومن دعتي

حسبي ودادك من خفضي ومن دعتي

ومن سروري ومن ديني ودنيائي

ومن سروري ومن ديني ودنيائي

Your love suffices me in place of my ease and repose,

Your love suffices me in place of my comfort and my ease,

Your love is enough for me out of my humility, my prayers,

and in place of my joy, my faith, and my worldly life.

And of my joy, my faith, and my worldly life.

My joy, my religion and my worldly affairs