كَما تَشاءُ فَقُل لي لَستُ مُنتَقِلاً

كَما تَشاءُ فَقُل لي لَستُ مُنتَقِلاً

لا تَخشَ مِنِّيَ نِسياناً وَلا بَدَلا

لا تَخشَ مِنِّيَ نِسياناً وَلا بَدَلا

Say whatever you please to me—I shall not turn away.

Speak to me as you wish; I shall not turn away.

Do not fear that I will forget, or exchange you for another.

Do not fear that I will forget you or take another in your place.

وَكَيفَ يَنساكَ مَن لَم يَدرِ بَعدَكَ ما

وَكَيفَ يَنساكَ مَن لَم يَدرِ بَعدَكَ ما

طَعمُ الحَياةِ وَلا بِالبُعدِ عَنكَ سَلا

طَعمُ الحَياةِ وَلا بِالبُعدِ عَنكَ سَلا

And how could one forget you who, after you, no longer knows

And how could one forget you who, since your departure, has not known what

the taste of life, nor, far from you, has found solace?

life tastes like, nor found solace in distance from you?

أَتلَفتَني كَلَفاً أَبلَيتَني أَسَفاً

أَتلَفتَني كَلَفاً أَبلَيتَني أَسَفاً

قَطَّعتَني شَغَفاً أَورَثتَني عِلَلا

قَطَّعتَني شَغَفاً أَورَثتَني عِلَلا

You have consumed me with passion and worn me away with sorrow;

You have destroyed me with infatuation, worn me out with grief;

you have torn me apart with longing and afflicted me with maladies.

You have torn me apart with passion, bequeathed me ailments.

إِن كُنتُ خُنتُ وَأَضمَرتُ السُلُوَّ فَلا

إِن كُنتُ خُنتُ وَأَضمَرتُ السُلُوَّ فَلا

بَلَغتُ يا أَمَلي مِن قُربَكَ الأَمَلا

بَلَغتُ يا أَمَلي مِن قُربَكَ الأَمَلا

If I have betrayed you and secretly harbored thoughts of forgetting, may I never

If I have betrayed you and harbored thoughts of forgetting, then may I never

attain, O my hope, through nearness to you, the hope I seek.

attain, O my hope, my hope of nearness to you.

وَاللَهُ لا عَلِقَت نَفسي بِغَيرِكُمُ

وَاللَهُ لا عَلِقَت نَفسي بِغَيرِكُمُ

وَلا اِتَّخَذتُ سِواكُم مِنكُمُ بَدَلا

وَلا اِتَّخَذتُ سِواكُم مِنكُمُ بَدَلا

By God, my soul has never clung to anyone but you,

By God, my soul has never clung to anyone but you,

nor have I taken anyone other than you as a substitute for you.

nor have I taken anyone else as a substitute for you.