ردي علي الصوت .. ردي حياتي

ردي علي الصوت .. ردي حياتي

صمتك على شكوى حنيني .. مذله

صمتك على شكوى حنيني .. مذله

Answer the call—give me back my life.

Answer my call.. answer, my life

Your silence at my longing’s lament is humiliating.

Your silence to my yearning complaint.. is humiliating

اما اقطعي حبل الوصل بالنجاتي

اما اقطعي حبل الوصل بالنجاتي

والا عطيني باقي الود .. كله

والا عطيني باقي الود .. كله

Either cut the cord of our union with shears,

Either sever the cord of connection to my salvation

or give me all the affection that remains.

Or give me the rest of affection.. all of it

لا توعديني .. عذب الصبر ذاتي

لا توعديني .. عذب الصبر ذاتي

والبعد حالي مع عنا الوجد سله

والبعد حالي مع عنا الوجد سله

Do not promise me—patience has tormented me.

Don't threaten me.. the patience itself tortured me

And separation, with longing’s anguish, has wasted me away.

And separation is my state with the beloved's affection taken away

اشكي الجفا لك .. ما شفيتي شكاتي

اشكي الجفا لك .. ما شفيتي شكاتي

الوعد الأول للقا .. فات حله

الوعد الأول للقا .. فات حله

I complain to you of estrangement—you have not healed my pain.

I complain of estrangement to you.. you did not heal my complaints

The first promise to meet—its appointed time has passed.

The first promise to meet.. has missed its solutions

يرضيك يصبح شملنا للشتاتي

يرضيك يصبح شملنا للشتاتي

يرضيك نرضي كل نفسٍ مغله

يرضيك نرضي كل نفسٍ مغله

Does it please you that our union should fall apart?

Are you pleased that our unity becomes scattered?

Does it please you that we please every spiteful soul?

Are you pleased that we satisfy every resentful soul?

يرضيك لا فرحوا بهمي عداتي

يرضيك لا فرحوا بهمي عداتي

واقفوا يقولون .. الغضي عاف خله

واقفوا يقولون .. الغضي عاف خله

Does it please you when my enemies rejoice at my sorrow,

Are you pleased that they do not rejoice at my affliction?

and walk away saying, ‘The beloved has forsaken her lover’?

They stand saying.. resentment has healed, leave it

ردي علي الصوت .. يكفي السكاتي

ردي علي الصوت .. يكفي السكاتي

قولي لغيرك ماهفا القلب للّه

قولي لغيرك ماهفا القلب للّه

Answer the call—enough of silence.

Answer my call.. my silence is enough

Say, ‘My heart has yearned for none but you’—for God’s sake.

Tell others my heart is for God