لا وَالَّذي قَصَدَ الحَجيجُ لَبَيتِهِ

لا وَالَّذي قَصَدَ الحَجيجُ لَبَيتِهِ

ما بَينَ ناءٍ نازِحٍ وَقَريبِ

ما بَينَ ناءٍ نازِحٍ وَقَريبِ

No, by Him to whose House the pilgrims journey,

No, by Him towards Whose House the pilgrims direct themselves,

whether far away and remote or nearby;

Between a shifting camp and a nearby fixed abode,

وَالحِجرِ وَالحَجَرِ المُقَبَّلِ تَلتَقي

وَالحِجرِ وَالحَجَرِ المُقَبَّلِ تَلتَقي

فيهِ الشِفاهُ وَرُكنِهِ المَحجوبِ

فيهِ الشِفاهُ وَرُكنِهِ المَحجوبِ

and by the Hijr and the kissed Stone, where meet

And the Stone and the Much-Kissed Corner where meet

the lips, and by its veiled corner:

Lips and a Veiled Sanctum,

لا كانَ مَوضِعُكَ الَّذي مُلِّكتَهُ

لا كانَ مَوضِعُكَ الَّذي مُلِّكتَهُ

بَينَ الأَضالِعِ بَعدَ ذا لَحَبيبِ

بَينَ الأَضالِعِ بَعدَ ذا لَحَبيبِ

may the place you were given to possess

No indeed, the place where you dwell

between my ribs belong to no beloved after this.

Is not in my heart after that, O beloved!

إِنّي وَجَدتُ لَذاذَةً لَكَ في الحَشا

إِنّي وَجَدتُ لَذاذَةً لَكَ في الحَشا

لَيسَت لِمَأكولٍ وَلا مَشروبِ

لَيسَت لِمَأكولٍ وَلا مَشروبِ

Indeed, I have found a sweetness in you within my breast,

Nay, I found delight in you in the valley

not the sweetness of food or drink.

Other than from food and drink,

لي أَنَّهُ الشاكي إِذا بَعُدَ المَدى

لي أَنَّهُ الشاكي إِذا بَعُدَ المَدى

ما بَينَنا وَتَنَفُّسُ المَكروبِ

ما بَينَنا وَتَنَفُّسُ المَكروبِ

Mine is the sufferer's moan when the distance grows

I being the complainant when the distance grows great

between us, and the anguished one's sigh.

Between us and the breathing space of the distressed one.