قلب تفطر من فراقك

قلب تفطر من فراقك

وشفاه ينتج من عناقك

وشفاه ينتج من عناقك

A heart has shattered from being parted from you,

A heart has shattered from parting with you,

and its healing springs from your embrace.

and its healing comes from your embrace.

نزلت مطية قصده

نزلت مطية قصده

بين الأنام على رواقك

بين الأنام على رواقك

The mount of its quest has alighted

The mount of its quest has come to rest

among all humankind, at your pavilion.

among humankind, at your portico.

فتكرمي عطفاً علي

فتكرمي عطفاً علي

ه بشرب كاس من مذاقك

ه بشرب كاس من مذاقك

So graciously show compassion toward

So graciously show compassion to

it, with a draught from the cup of your savor.

it, by letting it drink a cup of your savor.

فلقد اضر به الجفا

فلقد اضر به الجفا

ورماه في حر احتراقك

ورماه في حر احتراقك

For estrangement has truly wounded it

For estrangement has indeed harmed it

and flung it into the searing blaze of yearning for you.

and cast it into the heat of your burning.

جل الذي صبغ الهلا

جل الذي صبغ الهلا

ل أخا العلو على انتساقك

ل أخا العلو على انتساقك

Glory be to Him who dyed the crescent—

Exalted is He who colored the crescent,

surely a peer of lofty glory—in keeping with your symmetry,

brother of the heights, in keeping with your symmetry,

وأدار ميزان الزما

وأدار ميزان الزما

ن أبي الشؤون إلى وفاقك

ن أبي الشؤون إلى وفاقك

and turned the scales of Time,

and turned the balance of time,

the father of all events, toward harmony with you,

father of affairs, toward accord with you,

حتى غدت أرواح أه

حتى غدت أرواح أه

ل الحب تحسب من صداقك

ل الحب تحسب من صداقك

until the souls of love’s devotees

until the souls of the people

came to be reckoned among your bridal dower.

of love came to be counted as part of your bridal dower.