مَضَيتَ فَكَم دَمعَةٍ لي عَلَي

مَضَيتَ فَكَم دَمعَةٍ لي عَلَي

كَ تَجري وَكَم نَفَسٍ يَصعَدُ

كَ تَجري وَكَم نَفَسٍ يَصعَدُ

You departed—how many tears of mine for you

You went away, and how many tears of mine upon you run,

flow, and how many sighs rise!

and how many sighs ascend!

وَجِئتَ فَحُبِّيَ ذاكَ الَّذي

وَجِئتَ فَحُبِّيَ ذاكَ الَّذي

عَهِدتَه كَما هُوَ لا يَنفَدُ

عَهِدتَه كَما هُوَ لا يَنفَدُ

And you returned; my love remains what

And you came back; my love for you, that one I made known to you,

you knew, unchanged and inexhaustible.

is, as it was, unending.

فَهَل لَكَ في أَن تُعيدَ الوِصا

فَهَل لَكَ في أَن تُعيدَ الوِصا

لَ فَالعَودُ أَحمَدُ يا أَحمَدُ

لَ فَالعَودُ أَحمَدُ يا أَحمَدُ

Will you, then, renew our union?

Will you not, then, repeat your troth? Repeated troths are the sweetest, O Ahmed, O Ahmed!

For returning is more praiseworthy, O Ahmad.