مَرَّتْ عَلَى طُولِ المَدَى حِجَجِي

مَرَّتْ عَلَى طُولِ المَدَى حِجَجِي

وَكَمْ شَكَوْتُ فَلَمْ تُصْغُوا إِلى حُجَجِي

وَكَمْ شَكَوْتُ فَلَمْ تُصْغُوا إِلى حُجَجِي

My years have passed over me through time’s long span,

My years have passed over the long span of time.

and how often I complained, yet you would not heed my pleas.

And how often I complained, yet you did not listen to my arguments.

يا سَاكِني جِلَّقَ قَدْ طَابَ عِنْدَكُمْ

يا سَاكِني جِلَّقَ قَدْ طَابَ عِنْدَكُمْ

نَشْرُ الفَرادِيسِ فَأْتُوا الصَّبَّ بِالفَرَجِ

نَشْرُ الفَرادِيسِ فَأْتُوا الصَّبَّ بِالفَرَجِ

O dwellers of Jilliq, sweetly around you drifts

O dwellers of Jilliq, in your midst has grown sweet

the fragrance of paradises—so bring the lovesick one relief.

the fragrance of the Paradises; bring the lovesick one relief.

باب السلامة مردودٌ لِعَاشقكُم

باب السلامة مردودٌ لِعَاشقكُم

والنَّصرُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَيْه في الهَوَى الحَرجِ

والنَّصرُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَيْه في الهَوَى الحَرجِ

The gate of safety is barred to your lover,

The Gate of Safety is shut to your lover,

and from you must come his rescue from love’s distress.

and victory is yours over him in love's anguish.

خطبتُ وصلَكُم في جامعٍ لِهَوى

خطبتُ وصلَكُم في جامعٍ لِهَوى

وقُمتُ مُبتَدِرَ الساعاتِ وَالدرَجِ

وقُمتُ مُبتَدِرَ الساعاتِ وَالدرَجِ

I petitioned for union with you in the mosque of love,

I sought union with you in a mosque of love,

and rose, hastening through the hours and up the steps.

and I rose, racing through the hours and up the steps.

طَابَتْ بِذِكْرِكُمُ الدُّنْيا بأَجْمَعِهَا

طَابَتْ بِذِكْرِكُمُ الدُّنْيا بأَجْمَعِهَا

لِمَا تحمَّل مِنْكُمْ عَاطِر الأَرجِ

لِمَا تحمَّل مِنْكُمْ عَاطِر الأَرجِ

At the mention of you, the whole world grew fragrant,

The whole world grew sweet with the mention of you,

for it bears from you a redolent perfume.

because of the fragrant scent it carried from you.

أَنْتُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ وَأَنْتُمُ مَسْمَعِي نَظَرِي

أَنْتُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ وَأَنْتُمُ مَسْمَعِي نَظَرِي

قَلْبِي فإِنْ تَرْتَضُوا مَا قُلْتُ يَا فَرَجِي

قَلْبِي فإِنْ تَرْتَضُوا مَا قُلْتُ يَا فَرَجِي

You—you—you are my hearing, my sight—

You, and you, and you are my hearing, my sight,

my heart. If you approve what I have said, O my deliverance!

my heart—if you approve what I have said, oh, what relief for me!