لِلعاشِقينَ رِضاكَ وَال

لِلعاشِقينَ رِضاكَ وَال

حُسنى وَلي هَجرٌ وَصَدُّ

حُسنى وَلي هَجرٌ وَصَدُّ

For lovers: your favor and

For the lovers, your favor and

beauty; for me: abandonment and rebuff.

kindness; for me, abandonment and rejection.

ذُكِروا فَكانوا سُبحَةً

ذُكِروا فَكانوا سُبحَةً

وَأَنا العَلامَةُ لا تُعَدُّ

وَأَنا العَلامَةُ لا تُعَدُّ

Remembered, they became a rosary,

They were mentioned, and became a string of prayer beads;

while I am the marker bead, left uncounted.

and I am the marker bead, not counted.