وَحَياةِ حُبِّكَ ما نَسيتُ

وَحَياةِ حُبِّكَ ما نَسيتُ

عَهداً لِحُبِّكَ ما حَييتُ

عَهداً لِحُبِّكَ ما حَييتُ

By the life of my love for you, I have never forgotten

And I have not forgotten the life of your love

A pledge to love you, for as long as I have lived.

I made a vow to your love as long as I live

وَإِذا رَضيتَ بِما لَقَي

وَإِذا رَضيتَ بِما لَقَي

تُ فَقَد نَعِمتَ بِما شَقيتُ

تُ فَقَد نَعِمتَ بِما شَقيتُ

And if you are pleased with what I have endured,

And if you were pleased with what I faced

Then you have found bliss in what made me wretched.

You were blessed with what I endured

وَلَقَد وَجَدتُ عَلى الحَشا

وَلَقَد وَجَدتُ عَلى الحَشا

بَرداً لِنارِكَ إِذ صَليتُ

بَرداً لِنارِكَ إِذ صَليتُ

And indeed, upon my heart I found

And indeed I found, counting on you

Coolness for your fire when I burned in it.

A cure for your fire when I prayed

وَلَقَد تَطَفَّلَ بي الشَقا

وَلَقَد تَطَفَّلَ بي الشَقا

ءُ عَلى هَواكَ وَما دُعيتُ

ءُ عَلى هَواكَ وَما دُعيتُ

And misery has indeed intruded with me

And hardship imposed itself on me

Upon your love, though I was not invited.

For your love, though I was not called

لا تَسأَلَن عَن لَيلَتي

لا تَسأَلَن عَن لَيلَتي

باتَت عِداكَ كَما أَبيتُ

باتَت عِداكَ كَما أَبيتُ

Do not ask about my night;

Do not ask about my night

May your enemies pass the night as I do.

It stayed awake longing for you as I wished

وَإِذا تَكَلَّمَ عاذِلي

وَإِذا تَكَلَّمَ عاذِلي

فَجَوابُهُ عِندي السُكوتُ

فَجَوابُهُ عِندي السُكوتُ

And when my reproacher speaks,

And if a critic speaks to me

Then my answer to him is silence.

My only response is silence

صَيَّرتُ حُبَّكَ شافِعي

صَيَّرتُ حُبَّكَ شافِعي

وَمِنَ الشَفيعِ تُرى أُتيتُ

وَمِنَ الشَفيعِ تُرى أُتيتُ

I made my love for you my intercessor;

I made your love my intercessor

And was it through that intercessor, I wonder, that I was undone?

And you see what I came with from the intercessor

غُضّي جُفونَكِ يا سِها

غُضّي جُفونَكِ يا سِها

مُ فَقَد رُميتُ بِما رُميتُ

مُ فَقَد رُميتُ بِما رُميتُ

Lower your eyelids, O Siham,

Lower your eyelids, O doe

For I have been struck by what has struck me.

For I was hit with what I was hit with

إِنّي لَأَعرِفُ بِالصَوا

إِنّي لَأَعرِفُ بِالصَوا

بِ وَطُرقِهِ لَكِن بُليتُ

بِ وَطُرقِهِ لَكِن بُليتُ

I surely know what is right

Indeed, I know flirtation

And its paths, but I have been afflicted.

And its ways, but I was tested

أَنا مَن يُقَدِّمُهُ الهَوى

أَنا مَن يُقَدِّمُهُ الهَوى

لَكِن تُؤَخِّرُهُ البُخوتُ

لَكِن تُؤَخِّرُهُ البُخوتُ

I am one whom love brings forward,

I am one whom passion drives forward

But whom fortunes hold back.

But pride holds back

لَو كانَ قَلبي في يَدي

لَو كانَ قَلبي في يَدي

لَجَفا الحَبيبَ كَما جُفيتُ

لَجَفا الحَبيبَ كَما جُفيتُ

If my heart were in my hand,

If my heart were in my hand

It would shun the beloved, as I have been shunned.

It would abandon the beloved as I was abandoned

أَنا في العَذابِ فَلا أَعي

أَنا في العَذابِ فَلا أَعي

شُ كَما أُريدُ وَلا أَموتُ

شُ كَما أُريدُ وَلا أَموتُ

I am in torment, so I do not live

I am in torment, so I cannot live

As I wish, nor do I die.

As I wish, nor can I die

وَنَعَم رَضيتُ بِما فَعَل

وَنَعَم رَضيتُ بِما فَعَل

تَ عَلى تَعَسُّفِهِ رَضيتُ

تَ عَلى تَعَسُّفِهِ رَضيتُ

And yes, I am content with what you have done;

And yes, I was pleased with what

Despite its harshness, I am content.

You did in your tyranny, I was pleased

وَإِذا تَلاقَت رُفقَةٌ

وَإِذا تَلاقَت رُفقَةٌ

فَحَديثُها ما قَد لَقيتُ

فَحَديثُها ما قَد لَقيتُ

And when a company of companions gathers,

And if a group of friends meets

Their talk is of what I have endured.

Their talk is what I have faced

مَولايَ قَد نِلتَ المُنى

مَولايَ قَد نِلتَ المُنى

فَاِسلَم فَإِنّي قَد فَنَيتُ

فَاِسلَم فَإِنّي قَد فَنَيتُ

My lord, you have attained your wishes;

My Master, you have attained your wishes

So be well, for I have perished.

So submit, for I am annihilated

أَأَخافُ أَن تَبقى هُمو

أَأَخافُ أَن تَبقى هُمو

مي في هَواكَ وَما بَقيتُ

مي في هَواكَ وَما بَقيتُ

Am I to fear that my sorrows will remain

Do I fear my worries for your love will remain

In my love for you, when I myself am gone?

As long as I live?

وَعَلى الحَقيقَةِ لَو أَذِن

وَعَلى الحَقيقَةِ لَو أَذِن

تَ بِأَن أَموتَ إِذاً حَييتُ

تَ بِأَن أَموتَ إِذاً حَييتُ

And in truth, if you allowed

And in truth, if you allowed

Me to die, then I would live.

That I die, then I would live