قولوا لجيرانِ العقيقِ والنقا

قولوا لجيرانِ العقيقِ والنقا

حتامَ يُهدونَ الينا القَلقَا

حتامَ يُهدونَ الينا القَلقَا

Tell the neighbors of al-‘Aqīq and al-Naqā:

Tell the neighbors of agate and crystal

How long will they keep bestowing anxiety upon us?

They must send us worry beads

يا ساكني قلبي عسى مبشَّرٌ

يا ساكني قلبي عسى مبشَّرٌ

يُخبرني متى يكون الملتقى

يُخبرني متى يكون الملتقى

O dwellers in my heart, may one given glad tidings

O dwellers of my heart, may a harbinger

Tell me when the meeting will be.

Inform me when will be the meeting

ما لبقائي بعدَ بعدَ بُعدي عنكمُ

ما لبقائي بعدَ بعدَ بُعدي عنكمُ

معنًى فاِنْ لقيتكم طابَ البقا

معنًى فاِنْ لقيتكم طابَ البقا

My living on after—after my separation from you has no

What is the meaning of my staying after being away from you

Meaning; but if I meet you, life becomes sweet.

If I met you, staying became good

أشقانيَ الدهرُ فاِنْ أسعدني

أشقانيَ الدهرُ فاِنْ أسعدني

بجمع شملي بكم زال الشقا

بجمع شملي بكم زال الشقا

Time has made me wretched; but if it makes me happy

Time has saddened me, so if it made me happy

By reuniting me with you, misery will vanish.

By reuniting me with you, sorrow disappeared

أهواكم وأنقي وقلما

أهواكم وأنقي وقلما

بجمعِ ما بينَ الغرامِ والتقى

بجمعِ ما بينَ الغرامِ والتقى

I love you and purify myself—though rarely—

I love you, I wish, and it is rare

By bringing passion and piety together.

To combine between passion and chastity

حبكمُ سفينةٌ ركبتُها

حبكمُ سفينةٌ ركبتُها

مأمونةٌ فكيف أخشى الغرقا

مأمونةٌ فكيف أخشى الغرقا

Love for you is a ship I have boarded,

Your love is a ship I rode

Safe—so how could I fear drowning?

Safe, so why would I fear drowning

حاشا لِمَنْ أصبحَ يرجو الوصلَ أنْ

حاشا لِمَنْ أصبحَ يرجو الوصلَ أنْ

يُمسي بنارِ هجرِكم مُحترِقا

يُمسي بنارِ هجرِكم مُحترِقا

Far be it for one who greets the morning hoping for union

Woe to him who hopes for reunion in the morning

To enter the evening burning in the fire of your abandonment.

And finds himself at night burned by your separation