حَدِّثيني يا هَمَّ سُؤلي وَنَفسي

حَدِّثيني يا هَمَّ سُؤلي وَنَفسي

مَن دَهاني في الحُبِّ أَو مَن وَشى بي

مَن دَهاني في الحُبِّ أَو مَن وَشى بي

Tell me, O care of my longing and my soul,

Tell me, O my worries, ask my soul

Who afflicted me in love, or who informed against me?

Who seduced me into love or backbit against me

لا وَمَن قَدَّرَ الشَقاءَ عَلى العُش

لا وَمَن قَدَّرَ الشَقاءَ عَلى العُش

شاقِ ما خُنتُ ساعَةً في حِسابي

شاقِ ما خُنتُ ساعَةً في حِسابي

No—by Him who ordained misery for the lov-

No, who decreed misfortune upon affection

ers, I have not been unfaithful a single hour, by my reckoning.

My passion, I have never been unfaithful in my devotion

لَيتَ أَنَّ الرَسولَ كانَ يُؤَدّي

لَيتَ أَنَّ الرَسولَ كانَ يُؤَدّي

لَحظَ عَيني كَما يُؤَدّي كِتابي

لَحظَ عَيني كَما يُؤَدّي كِتابي

Would that the messenger would convey

I wish the messenger could convey

My eye's glance, as he conveys my letter!

A glance from my eyes as he conveys my message

فَأَرى شَرَّ كُلِّ يَومٍ وَيُشفى

فَأَرى شَرَّ كُلِّ يَومٍ وَيُشفى

سُقمُ نَفسي وَحَسرَتي وَاِكتِئابي

سُقمُ نَفسي وَحَسرَتي وَاِكتِئابي

Then I would see each day's evil, and healed would be

So I may see the evil of each day and it may cure

My soul's sickness, my sorrow, and my melancholy.

The sickness of my soul, my grief, and my depression