أَمُؤنِسَ قَلبي كَيفَ أَوحَشتَ ناظِري

أَمُؤنِسَ قَلبي كَيفَ أَوحَشتَ ناظِري

وَجامِعَ شَملي كَيفَ أَخلَيتَ مَجلِسي

وَجامِعَ شَملي كَيفَ أَخلَيتَ مَجلِسي

O comfort of my heart, how have you left my eye forlorn?

O comforter of my heart, how you have made my eyes deserted,

And gatherer of my scattered life, how have you emptied my gathering-place?

And uniter of my clan, how you have emptied my dwelling.

وَيا ساكِناً قَلبي وَما فيهِ غَيرُهُ

وَيا ساكِناً قَلبي وَما فيهِ غَيرُهُ

فَدَيتُكَ ما اِستَوحَشتُ مِنهُ لِمُؤنِسِ

فَدَيتُكَ ما اِستَوحَشتُ مِنهُ لِمُؤنِسِ

And O dweller in my heart, where no other dwells,

O dweller of my heart, none but you,

May I be your ransom! I have never felt lonely there for lack of a companion.

I'd sacrifice myself for you from that which has made me lonely without a companion.

وَبِاللَهِ يا أَغنى الوَرى مِن مَلاحَةٍ

وَبِاللَهِ يا أَغنى الوَرى مِن مَلاحَةٍ

تَصَدَّق عَلى صَبٍّ مِنَ الصَبرِ مُفلِسِ

تَصَدَّق عَلى صَبٍّ مِنَ الصَبرِ مُفلِسِ

And by God, O richest of humankind in beauty,

By God, O most needless of creatures from worries,

Give alms to a lovesick lover bankrupt of patience.

Bestow upon a youth patience, destitute.

بِما بَينَنا مِن خَلوَةٍ لَم يُبَح بِها

بِما بَينَنا مِن خَلوَةٍ لَم يُبَح بِها

وَما بَينَنا مِن حُرمَةٍ لَم تُدَنَّسِ

وَما بَينَنا مِن حُرمَةٍ لَم تُدَنَّسِ

By the private intimacy between us, never disclosed,

By what is between us of seclusion, unprofessed,

And by the sacred bond between us, never defiled,

And what is between us of sanctity, unstained.

أَنِلني الرِضا حَتّى أُغيظَ بِهِ العِدى

أَنِلني الرِضا حَتّى أُغيظَ بِهِ العِدى

وَتَذهَبَ عَنّي خيفَتي وَتَوَجُّسي

وَتَذهَبَ عَنّي خيفَتي وَتَوَجُّسي

Grant me your favor, so that with it I may vex my foes,

Grant me contentment, so I may spite the enemies,

And my fear and apprehension may leave me.

And my fear and anxiety may leave me.

رِضاكَ الَّذي إِن نِلتُهُ نِلتُ رِفعَةً

رِضاكَ الَّذي إِن نِلتُهُ نِلتُ رِفعَةً

وَأَلبَسَني في الناسِ أَشرَفَ مَلبَسِ

وَأَلبَسَني في الناسِ أَشرَفَ مَلبَسِ

Your favor—if I gain it, I gain high rank,

Your contentment, which if I attain, I'd attain glory,

And it clothes me among people in the noblest attire.

And you'd dress me in people's most honorable attire.

رَعى اللاهُ جيراناً إِذا عَنَّ ذِكرُهُم

رَعى اللاهُ جيراناً إِذا عَنَّ ذِكرُهُم

يَغارُ الحَيا مِن مَدمَعي المُتَبَجِّسِ

يَغارُ الحَيا مِن مَدمَعي المُتَبَجِّسِ

May God watch over those neighbors: whenever their memory comes to mind,

May God herd neighbors, when their mention passes by,

The rain envies my gushing tears.

My tearful eyes envy.

وَيا حَبَّذا الدارُ الَّتي كُنتُ مُدَّةً

وَيا حَبَّذا الدارُ الَّتي كُنتُ مُدَّةً

أَميلُ إِلى ظَبيٍ بِها مُتَأَنِّسِ

أَميلُ إِلى ظَبيٍ بِها مُتَأَنِّسِ

And oh, how lovely the house where, for a time,

O beloved house that I inclined toward for some time,

I was drawn to a tame gazelle within it.

Befriending a gazelle in it.

إِذا نَحنُ زُرناها وَجَدنا نَسيمَها

إِذا نَحنُ زُرناها وَجَدنا نَسيمَها

يَفوحُ بِها كَالعَنبَرِ المُتَنَفِّسِ

يَفوحُ بِها كَالعَنبَرِ المُتَنَفِّسِ

Whenever we visited it, we found its breeze

Whenever we visit it, we find its breeze

Wafting there like ambergris exhaling fragrance.

Fragrantly exhaling like breathing ambergris.

وَنَمشي حُفاةً في ثَراها تَأَدُّباً

وَنَمشي حُفاةً في ثَراها تَأَدُّباً

نَرى أَنَّنا نَمشي بِوادٍ مُقَدَّسِ

نَرى أَنَّنا نَمشي بِوادٍ مُقَدَّسِ

And we walk barefoot upon its soil, out of reverence,

And we walk barefoot on its turf humbly,

Believing that we walk in a sacred valley.

Seeing that we walk in a sacred valley.