وَمُشتَرَكِ الفُؤادِ لَهُ أَنينُ

وَمُشتَرَكِ الفُؤادِ لَهُ أَنينُ

يُؤَرِّقُهُ التَذَكُّرُ وَالحَنينُ

يُؤَرِّقُهُ التَذَكُّرُ وَالحَنينُ

And one whose heart is divided lets out a moan;

The companion of my heart has a moan

remembrance and longing keep him awake.

That troubles him, remembrance and yearning

تُمَنّيهِ الزِيارَةَ بَعدَ لَأيٍ

تُمَنّيهِ الزِيارَةَ بَعدَ لَأيٍ

وَقَد مُطِرَت بِأَدمُعِهِ الجُفونُ

وَقَد مُطِرَت بِأَدمُعِهِ الجُفونُ

You hold out to him the hope of a visit after much hardship,

He wishes to visit after hardship

while his eyelids have already been showered with his tears.

His eyes rain with his tears

إِذا سَجَعَت مُطَوَّقَةٌ عَراهُ

إِذا سَجَعَت مُطَوَّقَةٌ عَراهُ

تَباريحٌ يُلَقِّحُها المَنونُ

تَباريحٌ يُلَقِّحُها المَنونُ

When a collared dove coos, he is seized by

If a decorated camel lies down with mange

torments that death breeds.

Contagions afflict it, decaying

حَبَوتُكَ حُبَّهُ ما دُمتُ حَيّاً

حَبَوتُكَ حُبَّهُ ما دُمتُ حَيّاً

وَإِنّي بِالوَفاءِ بِهِ قَمينُ

وَإِنّي بِالوَفاءِ بِهِ قَمينُ

I have bestowed his love upon you for as long as I live,

I loved you as long as I lived

and I am worthy of keeping faith with it.

And I was faithful in that love

فَإِن تَحفَظ أَزِدكَ وَإِن تُضِعهُ

فَإِن تَحفَظ أَزِدكَ وَإِن تُضِعهُ

فَإِنّي لا أَحولُ وَلا أَخونُ

فَإِنّي لا أَحولُ وَلا أَخونُ

So if you preserve it, I shall give you more; and if you squander it,

If you keep it I will give you more

then I shall neither change nor betray.

If you lose it, I do not waver or betray