راحَتي في الكَلامِ حَتّى أَراكِ

راحَتي في الكَلامِ حَتّى أَراكِ

إِنَّ بي مِنكِ شاغِلاً عَن سِواكِ

إِنَّ بي مِنكِ شاغِلاً عَن سِواكِ

My comfort lies in speaking until I see you.

My comfort is in talking until I see you

Indeed, my preoccupation with you turns me away from everyone else.

For I have in you a preoccupation from anyone else

تَعِسَ الهَجرُ وَالَّذي شَأنُهُ الهَج

تَعِسَ الهَجرُ وَالَّذي شَأنُهُ الهَج

رُ مِنَ الناسِ كُلِّهم حاشاكِ

رُ مِنَ الناسِ كُلِّهم حاشاكِ

Cursed be estrangement, and whoever makes estrangement his way,

Miserable is estrangement, and he whose affair is to be estranged

among all people—except you.

From all people, except for you

لَستِ تَرضَينَ عَن كَئيبٍ وَإِنّي

لَستِ تَرضَينَ عَن كَئيبٍ وَإِنّي

لَستُ أَدري ما حيلَتي في رِضاكِ

لَستُ أَدري ما حيلَتي في رِضاكِ

You are not pleased with a sorrowful man, and indeed I

You are not pleased with a gloomy one, yet

do not know how I can win your favor.

I do not know what my stratagem is in pleasing you

فَإِذا قيلَ مَن تُحِبُّ تَخَطّا

فَإِذا قيلَ مَن تُحِبُّ تَخَطّا

كِ لِساني وَأَنتِ في القَلبِ ذاكِ

كِ لِساني وَأَنتِ في القَلبِ ذاكِ

So when asked, 'Whom do you love?' my tongue passes over

So when it is said who do you love?

you, though in my heart you are the one.

My tongue stumbles, while you are in my heart