أَيُّها الغائِبُ قَد آ

أَيُّها الغائِبُ قَد آ

نَ لِعَيني أَن تَراكا

نَ لِعَيني أَن تَراكا

O absent one, the time has come

O you who are absent, my eyes long to see you

For my eye to see you.

I yearn for nothing in this world but you

لَستُ مُشتاقاً إِلى شَي

لَستُ مُشتاقاً إِلى شَي

إٍ مِنَ الدُنيا سِواكا

إٍ مِنَ الدُنيا سِواكا

I long for nothing

I am content with you, but would that

In this world but you.

I had won your contentment too

أَنا راضٍ عَنكَ لَكِن

أَنا راضٍ عَنكَ لَكِن

لَيتَني نِلتُ رِضاكا

لَيتَني نِلتُ رِضاكا

I am pleased with you, but

Would that when you left my sight

If only I had won your approval.

all people had died in your stead

لَيتَ كُلَّ الناسِ لَمّا

لَيتَ كُلَّ الناسِ لَمّا

غِبتَ عَن عَيني فِداكا

غِبتَ عَن عَيني فِداكا

Would that all people, when

In your absence I've tasted more bitterness

You vanished from my sight, had been your ransom.

than your nearness held aloofness

ذُقتُ في بُعدِكَ ما هوَّ

ذُقتُ في بُعدِكَ ما هوَّ

نَ في القُربِ جَفاكا

نَ في القُربِ جَفاكا

In your absence I tasted what

I do not blame fate for its rulings

Made your coldness when you were near easier to bear.

this or that, such and such

لا أَلومُ الدَهرَ في أَح

لا أَلومُ الدَهرَ في أَح

كامِهِ هَذا بِذاكا

كامِهِ هَذا بِذاكا

I do not blame Time for

Its decrees: this in exchange for that.