يميناً بِما أَولَيتَ مِن خالِصِ الوَلا

يميناً بِما أَولَيتَ مِن خالِصِ الوَلا

وَوُدٍّ لَكُم مِنّي حَوَتهُ الأَضالِعُ

وَوُدٍّ لَكُم مِنّي حَوَتهُ الأَضالِعُ

I swear by the pure devotion you have bestowed,

By the right you gave me when you bound me with the ties of faithfulness,

And by my love for you, enclosed within my ribs:

And by the love my ribs enclose for you,

لَقَد نَزَلَت بي وَحشَةٌ بَعدَ أُنسِكُم

لَقَد نَزَلَت بي وَحشَةٌ بَعدَ أُنسِكُم

عَلَيَّ بِها ضاقَ الفَضى وَهوَ واسِعُ

عَلَيَّ بِها ضاقَ الفَضى وَهوَ واسِعُ

Loneliness has indeed descended upon me after your companionship;

Loneliness has descended upon me since your company departed.

Because of it, open space has closed in upon me, though it is vast.

Because of it, the vast desert seems confining.

وَأَبرَحُ ما أَلقاهُ أَنَّ مَزارِكُم

وَأَبرَحُ ما أَلقاهُ أَنَّ مَزارِكُم

قَريبٌ وَلي الزَيارَةُ مانِعُ

قَريبٌ وَلي الزَيارَةُ مانِعُ

And what torments me most is that your abode

Yet I know that your dwelling place is near at hand

Is near, yet an obstacle keeps me from visiting.

And that only my circumstances prevent me from visiting.