قَد كُنتُ أَرجو وَصلَكُم

قَد كُنتُ أَرجو وَصلَكُم

فَظَلَلتُ مُنقَطِعَ الرَجاءِ

فَظَلَلتُ مُنقَطِعَ الرَجاءِ

I once hoped for union with you,

I once hoped we'd be reunited

but I was left bereft of hope.

But I'm left broken, hopeless inside

أَنتِ الَّتي وَكَّلتِ عَي

أَنتِ الَّتي وَكَّلتِ عَي

نِيَ بالسُهادِ وَبِالبُكاءِ

نِيَ بالسُهادِ وَبِالبُكاءِ

You are the one who charged my eye

It was you who tasked my nights with grief

with sleeplessness and with weeping.

And my days with constant cries

إِنَّ الهَوى لَو كانَ يَن

إِنَّ الهَوى لَو كانَ يَن

فُذُ فيهِ حُكمي أَو قَضائِي

فُذُ فيهِ حُكمي أَو قَضائِي

Indeed, if love were subject

If love could be swayed by my will

to my ruling or my judgment,

Or commanded by my decree

لَطَلَبتُهُ وَجَمَعتُهُ

لَطَلَبتُهُ وَجَمَعتُهُ

مِن كُلِّ أَرضٍ أَو سَماءِ

مِن كُلِّ أَرضٍ أَو سَماءِ

I would seek it out and gather it

I would seek it out, gather it whole

from every earth or heaven,

From every earth and every sky

فَقَسَمتُهُ بَيني وَبَي

فَقَسَمتُهُ بَيني وَبَي

نَ حَبيبِ نَفسي بِالسَواءِ

نَ حَبيبِ نَفسي بِالسَواءِ

then divide it between myself

And divide it evenly between us

and my soul's beloved, equally,

My soul's delight and I

فَنَعيشَ ما عِشنا عَلى

فَنَعيشَ ما عِشنا عَلى

مَحضِ المَوَدَةِ وَالصَفاءِ

مَحضِ المَوَدَةِ وَالصَفاءِ

so that, throughout our lives, we might live in

To live what days we have in purest

pure affection and sincerity,

Companionship and harmony

حَتّى إِذا مُتنا جَمي

حَتّى إِذا مُتنا جَمي

عاً وَالأُمورُ إِلى فَناءِ

عاً وَالأُمورُ إِلى فَناءِ

until, when we had died together—

Till when we die together

and all things come to an end—

As all things fade and end

ماتَ الهَوى مِن بَعدِنا

ماتَ الهَوى مِن بَعدِنا

أَو عاشَ في أَهلِ الوَفاءِ

أَو عاشَ في أَهلِ الوَفاءِ

love would die after us,

Then love will die after us

or live on among the faithful.

Or live on in the faithful