أَيا مَن وَجهُهُ قَمَرُ

أَيا مَن وَجهُهُ قَمَرُ

وَيا مَن قَلبُهُ حَجَرُ

وَيا مَن قَلبُهُ حَجَرُ

O you whose face is a moon,

O you whose face is like the moon

and O you whose heart is stone,

And whose heart is like stone

وَيا مَن جَلَّ في الدُنيا

وَيا مَن جَلَّ في الدُنيا

وَما لي عِندَه خَطَرُ

وَما لي عِندَه خَطَرُ

and O you who are exalted in this world,

O you who is exalted in this world

though I have no standing with you;

While I have no standing with you

وَيا مَن لَيسَ في الدُنيا

وَيا مَن لَيسَ في الدُنيا

لِنَفسي غَيرَهُ وَطَرُ

لِنَفسي غَيرَهُ وَطَرُ

and O you—there is no desire in this world

O you who in this world

for my soul except you.

I have none but you as solace

أَغَرَّكِ أَنَّ حُبَّكِ في

أَغَرَّكِ أَنَّ حُبَّكِ في

صَميمِ القَلبِ يَستَعِرُ

صَميمِ القَلبِ يَستَعِرُ

Has it emboldened you that love for you, in

Did it delude you that your love

the heart's very core, blazes

Burns fiercely in my heart's core?

بِسُلطانٍ عَلى جِسمي

بِسُلطانٍ عَلى جِسمي

فَما يُبقي وَلا يَذَرُ

فَما يُبقي وَلا يَذَرُ

holding sway over my body,

With power over my body

sparing nothing and leaving nothing,

Leaving neither trace nor mark

وَأَنَّكِ كُلَّما أَذنَب

وَأَنَّكِ كُلَّما أَذنَب

تِ جِئتُ إِلَيكِ أَعتَذِرُ

تِ جِئتُ إِلَيكِ أَعتَذِرُ

and that whenever you do wrong,

And that whenever I sin

I come to you apologizing?

I come to you pleading forgiveness

وَأَنتِ الدَهرَ جائِرَةٌ

وَأَنتِ الدَهرَ جائِرَةٌ

وَما أَقوى فَأَنتَصِرُ

وَما أَقوى فَأَنتَصِرُ

And you are forever unjust,

While you are forever unjust

while I lack the strength to gain redress.

And I cannot overcome you in strength

وَما يُدريكِ وَالأَيّا

وَما يُدريكِ وَالأَيّا

مُ في تَصريفِها عِبَرُ

مُ في تَصريفِها عِبَرُ

And how can you know? The days,

What do you know of fate

in their changing course, hold lessons:

And the lessons within its twists?

لَعَلَّكِ تُبتَلَينَ بِما اِب

لَعَلَّكِ تُبتَلَينَ بِما اِب

تُليتُ بِهِ وَأَزدَجِرُ

تُليتُ بِهِ وَأَزدَجِرُ

perhaps you will be afflicted with what I

Perhaps you will be tested with what

have suffered, and I may take heed.

I was tested, and I will gloat

إِذا ما رُمتُ هَجرَكُمُ

إِذا ما رُمتُ هَجرَكُمُ

يُكادُ القَلبُ يَنفَطِرُ

يُكادُ القَلبُ يَنفَطِرُ

Whenever I seek to leave you,

When I spurn you, my heart

my heart almost breaks apart.

Nearly shatters into pieces

أَما وَاللَهِ لَو أَنّي

أَما وَاللَهِ لَو أَنّي

عَلى الهِجرانِ أَصطَبِرُ

عَلى الهِجرانِ أَصطَبِرُ

Indeed, by God, if I

By God, if I could endure

could endure separation,

Estrangement, I would find relief

إِذاً لَأَرَحتُ عَيناً قَد

إِذاً لَأَرَحتُ عَيناً قَد

أَطَالَ عَذابَها السَهَرُ

أَطَالَ عَذابَها السَهَرُ

then I would relieve an eye whose

For eyes that have long suffered

torment sleeplessness has prolonged.

In sleepless sorrowful nights

أَلا يا جاهِلاً بِالحُ

أَلا يا جاهِلاً بِالحُ

بِّ سَلني عِندِيَ الخَبَرُ

بِّ سَلني عِندِيَ الخَبَرُ

Ah, you who know nothing of

Oh you ignorant of love

love—ask me; I know it well.

Ask me for news

فَإِنَّ مَذاقَهُ مُرٌّ

فَإِنَّ مَذاقَهُ مُرٌّ

وَمَشَرَبُ صَفوِهِ الكَدَرُ

وَمَشَرَبُ صَفوِهِ الكَدَرُ

For its taste is bitter,

Its taste is bitter

and its clear draught is murky.

While its unmixed essence is turmoil

نَهاري كُلُّهُ عِبَرٌ

نَهاري كُلُّهُ عِبَرٌ

وَلَيلي كُلُّهُ سَهَرُ

وَلَيلي كُلُّهُ سَهَرُ

My day is nothing but tears,

My days are but tears

and my night is nothing but sleeplessness.

My nights naught but wakefulness

جُفوني ماؤُها دِرَرٌ

جُفوني ماؤُها دِرَرٌ

وَقَلبي حَشوُهُ فِكَرُ

وَقَلبي حَشوُهُ فِكَرُ

The water of my eyelids is pearls,

My eyelids rain pearls

and my heart is filled with thoughts.

While my heart is filled with thoughts

وَكانَ بَلِيَّةً أَنّي

وَكانَ بَلِيَّةً أَنّي

نَظَرتُ فَشامَني النَظَرُ

نَظَرتُ فَشامَني النَظَرُ

And it was a calamity that I

And it was my misfortune that

looked, and the glance brought me misfortune.

I glanced, so glance pierced me