عَسَاكِ حَقَّ عِيْسَاكِ

عَسَاكِ حَقَّ عِيْسَاكِ

مُرِيْحَةَ قَلْبيَ الشاكي

مُرِيْحَةَ قَلْبيَ الشاكي

May you, by the sanctity of your Jesus,

May your truth grant respite,

bring relief to my complaining heart.

To my complaining heart,

فإِنَّ الحُسْنَ قد وَلاَّ

فإِنَّ الحُسْنَ قد وَلاَّ

كِ إحيائِي وإِهلاكِي

كِ إحيائِي وإِهلاكِي

For beauty has entrusted

For beauty has enslaved me,

you with giving me life and destroying me,

As my life and demise.

وَأَوْلَعَنِي بِصُلْبَانٍ

وَأَوْلَعَنِي بِصُلْبَانٍ

وَرُهْبانٍ وَنُسَّاكِ

وَرُهْبانٍ وَنُسَّاكِ

and made me enamored of crosses,

It has enthralled me with monks,

and monks and ascetics.

Priests and ascetics,

ولم آتِ الكنائِسَ عَنْ

ولم آتِ الكنائِسَ عَنْ

هَوًَ فيهنَّ لولاكِ

هَوًَ فيهنَّ لولاكِ

Nor would I have come to the churches out of

And I frequented not churches,

love for them, were it not for you.

Had it not been for you.

وها أنا مِنْكِ في بَلْوَى

وها أنا مِنْكِ في بَلْوَى

ولا فَرَجٌ لِبَلْوَاكِ

ولا فَرَجٌ لِبَلْوَاكِ

And here I am, because of you, in torment,

And here I am in agony because of you,

with no relief from the torment you bring.

With no relief from your torment,

ولا أَسْطِيْعُ سُلْوَاناً

ولا أَسْطِيْعُ سُلْوَاناً

فقد أَوْثَقْتِ أَشْراكِي

فقد أَوْثَقْتِ أَشْراكِي

Nor can I find solace,

Nor can I find solace,

for you have tightened the snares that hold me.

For you have shackled me.

فكم أَبْكِي عليك دَماً

فكم أَبْكِي عليك دَماً

ولا تَرْثِيْنَ للباكي

ولا تَرْثِيْنَ للباكي

So often do I weep blood for you,

How I cry blood for you,

yet you have no pity for the weeper.

Yet you don’t mourn the weeping one.

فهل تَدْرِيْنَ ما تَقْضِي

فهل تَدْرِيْنَ ما تَقْضِي

على عَيْنَيَّ عَيْنَاكِ

على عَيْنَيَّ عَيْنَاكِ

So do you know what is decreed

Do you know what your eyes rule,

upon my eyes by your eyes,

Over my eyes because of you?

وما يُذْكِيْهِ من نارٍ

وما يُذْكِيْهِ من نارٍ

بقلبِي نُوْرُكِ الذَّاكِي

بقلبِي نُوْرُكِ الذَّاكِي

and what fire is kindled

And what fire it ignites,

in my heart by your blazing light?

In my heart with your blazing light?

حَجَبْتِ سَنَاكِ عن بصرِي

حَجَبْتِ سَنَاكِ عن بصرِي

وفوقَ الشَّمْسِ سِيْمَاكِ

وفوقَ الشَّمْسِ سِيْمَاكِ

You have veiled your radiance from my sight,

You veiled your radiance from my sight,

yet your countenance surpasses the sun.

Though above the sun is your mark.

وفي الغُصْنِ الرَّطيْبِ وفي الن

وفي الغُصْنِ الرَّطيْبِ وفي الن

نَقَا المُرْتَجِّ عِطْفَاكِ

نَقَا المُرْتَجِّ عِطْفَاكِ

And in the supple bough, and in the

In the pliant branch, and in the soft,

quivering sand-dune, are your two flanks.

Flexible palm tree is your charm.

وعند الرَّوْضِ خَدَّاكِ

وعند الرَّوْضِ خَدَّاكِ

ومن رَيَّاهُ رَيَّاكِ

ومن رَيَّاهُ رَيَّاكِ

And your cheeks are beside the garden,

And by the meadow are your cheeks,

and your fragrance comes from its fragrance.

Whoever saw them saw your grace.

نُوَيْرَةُ إِنْ قَلَيْتِ فإِن

نُوَيْرَةُ إِنْ قَلَيْتِ فإِن

نَنِي أَهْوَاكِ أَهْواكِ

نَنِي أَهْوَاكِ أَهْواكِ

Nuwayra, if you hate me, then indeed

Nuwayrah, though you are scarce,

I love you, I love you.

Still I love you, I love you!

وعَيْنَاكِ المنَبِّئَتَا

وعَيْنَاكِ المنَبِّئَتَا

كِ أنِّي بعضُ قَتْلاَكِ

كِ أنِّي بعضُ قَتْلاَكِ

And your eyes are the two that tell

And your eyes that foretell,

you that I am one of those you have slain.

That I am doomed by your love.