أَغارُ عَلَيكِ مِن قَلبي إِذا ما

أَغارُ عَلَيكِ مِن قَلبي إِذا ما

رَآكِ وَقَد نَأَيتِ وَما أَراكِ

رَآكِ وَقَد نَأَيتِ وَما أَراكِ

I am jealous of my heart over you whenever

I become jealous of you from my heart whenever

It sees you, though you have gone far away and I do not see you;

He sees you and you are distant, though I do not see you,

وَطَيفي حينَ نُمتُ فَباتَ لَيلاً

وَطَيفي حينَ نُمتُ فَباتَ لَيلاً

يَسيرُ وَلَم أَسِر حَتّى أَتاكِ

يَسيرُ وَلَم أَسِر حَتّى أَتاكِ

And of my phantom when I slept: it spent the night

And my specter, when I sleep, spends the night travelling

Traveling, while I did not travel, until it reached you;

And I did not travel until I reached you,

وَغَيثاً جادَ رَبعاً مِنكِ قَفراً

وَغَيثاً جادَ رَبعاً مِنكِ قَفراً

أَلَيسَ كَما بَكَيتُكِ قَد بَكاكِ

أَلَيسَ كَما بَكَيتُكِ قَد بَكاكِ

And of rain that generously watered a deserted dwelling of yours—

And rain pouring generously on an arid desert from you

Has it not wept for you just as I have wept for you?

Is it not as if I cried for you and you cried for me?

وَمِن عَينِ الرَسولِ وَمِن كِتابٍ

وَمِن عَينِ الرَسولِ وَمِن كِتابٍ

إِذا ما فُضَّ مَسَّتهُ يَداكِ

إِذا ما فُضَّ مَسَّتهُ يَداكِ

And of the messenger’s eye, and of a letter

And from the eye of the Prophet and from a book

Which your hands touch when it is unsealed;

When you touched it with your hands,

وَمِن طَرَفِ القَضيبِ مِنَ الإِراكِ

وَمِن طَرَفِ القَضيبِ مِنَ الإِراكِ

إِذا أَعطَيتِهِ يا شُرَّ فاكِ

إِذا أَعطَيتِهِ يا شُرَّ فاكِ

And of the tip of the twig from the arak tree

And from the tip of a branch from al-Irak

When you give it your mouth, O Shurr.

When you gave it, O evil relief!