1. أَيُّها المَولى الأَجَلُّ

    أَنتَ لا يَعدوكَ فَضلُ

    O most exalted lord,

    no excellence passes you by.

  2. إِن يَكُن يُرضيكَ هَجري

    إِنَّ ذاكَ الهَجرَ وَصلُ

    If forsaking me should please you,

    indeed, that estrangement is union.

  3. صارَ عِندي مِن تَمادي

    كَ عَلى الجَفوَةِ شُغلُ

    There has arisen in me, from your persistence

    in coldness, a preoccupation.

  4. كُلُّ شَيءٍ مِنكَ عِندي

    غَيرَ إِعراضِكَ سَهلُ

    Everything from you, to me,

    is easy except your turning away.

  5. لَم يَكُن مِثلي عَن مِثلِ

    كَ يا مَولايَ يَسلو

    One like me could never forget

    one like you, my lord.

  6. لَيسَ لي عَيشٌ إِذا ما

    غِبتَ عَن عَينَيَّ يَحلو

    Life has no sweetness for me when

    you are absent from my eyes.

  7. سَيِّدي لا عاشَ قَلبٌ

    مِن غَرامٍ فيكَ يَخلو

    My master, may no heart live

    that is free of passionate love for you.

  8. ما أُراني الدَهرَ مِمّا

    عَوَّدَت نُعماكَ أَخلو

    I do not see myself, throughout my life,

    lacking what your bounty has accustomed me to.

  9. لِيَ مِن كُلِّ حَبيبٍ

    رُمتُ مِنهُ الوَصلَ مَطلُ

    For me, from every beloved

    with whom I sought union, there is delay.

  10. كُلَّ يَومٍ لي مِنَ البَي

    نِ دُموعٌ تَستَهِلُّ

    Every day, because of separation,

    my tears pour forth.

  11. حَكَمَ اللَهُ بِهَذا

    إِنَّ حُكمَ اللَهِ عَدلُ

    God has decreed this;

    indeed, God's decree is just.