حَبِيبي مُقيمٌ على نائِهِ

حَبِيبي مُقيمٌ على نائِهِ

وقَلْبي مُقيمٌ على رائِهِ

وقَلْبي مُقيمٌ على رائِهِ

My beloved persists in his estrangement,

My beloved remains intent on blaming me,

and my heart persists in its resolve.

While my heart remains intent on adoring him.

حَنَانَيْكَ يا أَمَلي دَعوةً

حَنَانَيْكَ يا أَمَلي دَعوةً

لِمَنْ صارَ رَحْمَةَ أعدائِهِ

لِمَنْ صارَ رَحْمَةَ أعدائِهِ

Have mercy, O my hope—a plea

Your tenderness, my hope, is an invitation

for one who has become an object of his enemies’ pity.

To one who has made mercy upon his enemies.

سَأصْبِرُ عَنْكَ وأَعصي الهَوَى

سَأصْبِرُ عَنْكَ وأَعصي الهَوَى

إذا صَبَرَ الحوتُ عن مائِهِ

إذا صَبَرَ الحوتُ عن مائِهِ

I shall endure without you and defy passion

I will be patient without you and resist desire's call

when the fish can endure without its water.

If the whale can be patient without the water it yearns for.