1. هواكم بقلبي والفؤاد مقيم

    وشوقي إليكم مقعد ومقيم

    Love for you abides in my heart and inmost heart.

    And my longing for you makes me sit and rise.

  2. وأنتم لروحي روحها ونعيمها

    فياحبذا روح لها ونعيم

    And you are my soul’s soul and its bliss.

    So how lovely are the soul and bliss it has!

  3. إذا ما دنوتم فالحياة لذيذة

    وفي العيش خير والزمان سليم

    Whenever you draw near, life is sweet,

    And life holds goodness, and time is untroubled.

  4. ومهما بعدتم سادتي وجفوتم

    فقلبي وجسمي واله وسقيم

    And whenever you go far away, my masters, and shun me,

    My heart is distraught with love and my body ill.

  5. وأحسن عيش ليس فيه وجودكم

    وإن كن ملك الأرض فهو ذميم

    And the finest life without your presence,

    Even if it were dominion over the earth, is contemptible.

  6. وكل سرور قد خلا عن وصلكم

    فما هو إلا ترحة وغموم

    And every joy devoid of union with you

    Is nothing but sorrow and grief.

  7. فمنوا وجوداً باللقا وتعطفوا

    وعودوا فإني فاقد وعديم

    So grant me existence through reunion, and show compassion,

    And return, for I am bereft and destitute.

  8. لمن تدعوني سادتي وأحبتي

    لكل لئيم لا يزال يلوم

    To whom do you leave me, my masters and loved ones?

    To every base man who never ceases to reproach me?

  9. أما ترحموا ذلي وضعفي وغربتي

    وأنتم كرام والكريم رحيم

    Will you not pity my abasement, weakness, and estrangement,

    When you are noble, and the noble are merciful?

  10. رعى اللَه أياماً خلت في ربوعكم

    بعيش هنيء لم تشبه هموم

    May God preserve the days that passed in your abodes,

    In a pleasant life untainted by cares.

  11. وكنا وكنتم والزمان مساعد

    وما ثم إلا مؤنس ونديم

    And we were there, and you were there, and time was kind,

    And there were only comforting friends and boon companions.

  12. فهل لليالي الماضيات بعودة

    وإلّا فإني للحياة سئوم

    Will the nights gone by ever return?

    Otherwise, I am weary of life.

  13. أأبقى كذا بين الأباعد ليس لي

    أنيس حقيقي الوداد كتوم

    Must I remain thus among strangers, with no

    Companion true in affection and discreet,

  14. أسامره فيكم بأخبار حبكم

    وفي بحر أسرار الوجود نعوم

    With whom to talk by night about you, telling of my love for you,

    And swim in the sea of existence’s mysteries?

  15. وقد كان بالوادي وبالربع والحمى

    رجال مصابيح الوجود نجوم

    And once, in the valley, the dwelling place, and the sanctuary,

    Were men—lamps of existence, stars.

  16. لهم من شراب القوم شرب ومن

    حديث نجد حديثٌ طيب وقويم

    They had a draught of the company’s drink, and from

    The lore of Najd, discourse sweet and sound.

  17. وكنت بهم وافي الجناحين سا

    كن الفؤاد ويحيا إذ تهب نسيم

    And with them both my wings were whole, and I was tranquil

    At heart; it came alive whenever a breeze blew.

  18. فأعدمني الدهر الخئون وجودهم

    وما الدهر إلا خائن وظلوم

    Then treacherous time deprived me of their presence,

    And time is nothing but a traitor and an oppressor.

  19. وأصبحت من بعد الأحبة مفرداً

    وحيداً ومحزون الفؤاد كظيم

    And after my loved ones were gone, I was left solitary,

    Alone, sorrowful at heart, choked with grief.

  20. فآه وآهٍ كم دموعٍ أسيلها

    عليهم وما إلا الإله يدوم

    Ah, and ah! How many tears I shed

    Over them—and none but God endures.

  21. فأحمده سبحانه جل ذكره

    عليم وحي قادر وقديم

    So I praise Him—glory be to Him; exalted is His remembrance—

    All-knowing and ever-living, all-powerful and eternal.