تَمَلَّكْتَ يا مُهجَتي مُهْجَتي

تَمَلَّكْتَ يا مُهجَتي مُهْجَتي

وأَسْهَرْتَ يا ناظِري ناظِري

وأَسْهَرْتَ يا ناظِري ناظِري

You have taken possession of my heart, O my heart.

You took possession of my passions, my passions

And you have kept my eye awake, O my eye.

And you kept awake my watcher, my watcher

وَفيكَ تَعَلَّمْتُ نَظْمَ الكَلامِ

وَفيكَ تَعَلَّمْتُ نَظْمَ الكَلامِ

فَلَقَّبَني النَّاسُ بِالشَّاعِرِ

فَلَقَّبَني النَّاسُ بِالشَّاعِرِ

And I learned to compose verse about you,

And through you I learned the rhythm of speech

So people dubbed me “the poet.”

So people called me "the poet"

وما كانَ ذا أَمَلي يا ظَلومُ

وما كانَ ذا أَمَلي يا ظَلومُ

ولا خَطَرَ الهَجْرُ في خاطِري

ولا خَطَرَ الهَجْرُ في خاطِري

And this was not my hope, O cruel one,

Yet it was never my hope, oh cruel one

Nor did separation cross my mind.

Nor did separation occur to my thoughts

فَجُدْ بالوِصالِ فَدَتْكَ النُّفوسُ

فَجُدْ بالوِصالِ فَدَتْكَ النُّفوسُ

فَلَسْتُ عَلى الهَجْرِ بالْقادِرِ

فَلَسْتُ عَلى الهَجْرِ بالْقادِرِ

So grant me union—may souls be your ransom—

So be generous with reunion, souls ransomed you

For I cannot endure separation.

For I cannot endure separation