قُل لِأَحبابِنا الجُفاةِ رُوَيداً

قُل لِأَحبابِنا الجُفاةِ رُوَيداً

دَرِّجونا عَلى اِحتِمالِ المَلالِ

دَرِّجونا عَلى اِحتِمالِ المَلالِ

Tell our aloof beloved ones: gently—

Tell our aloof loved ones: take it slowly;

Train us by degrees to bear your weariness.

Accustom us gradually to enduring weariness.

إِنَّ ذاكَ الصُدودَ مِن غَيرِ جُرمٍ

إِنَّ ذاكَ الصُدودَ مِن غَيرِ جُرمٍ

لَم يَدَع فِيَّ مَطمَعاً بِالوِصالِ

لَم يَدَع فِيَّ مَطمَعاً بِالوِصالِ

For that turning away, though we did no wrong,

Indeed, that shunning, without any wrongdoing,

Has left me no hope at all of union.

Has left me no hope of reunion.

أَحسِنوا في فِعالِكُم أَو أَسيؤوا

أَحسِنوا في فِعالِكُم أَو أَسيؤوا

لاعَدِمناكُمُ عَلى كُلِّ حالِ

لاعَدِمناكُمُ عَلى كُلِّ حالِ

Do good in your deeds—or do ill;

Do good in your deeds, or do ill—

May we never be deprived of you, whatever the case.

May we never be deprived of you, whatever the case.