إذا لمْ أُشاهِدْ منكَ قَبْلَ منيَّتي

إذا لمْ أُشاهِدْ منكَ قَبْلَ منيَّتي

نِهايَةَ آمالِي وغايَةَ غاياتِي

نِهايَةَ آمالِي وغايَةَ غاياتِي

If, before my death, I do not behold in you

If I do not behold you before my demise

The fulfillment of my hopes and the ultimate aim of all my aims,

The culmination of my hopes and epitome of my aspirations

فحُسْنُ عَزائي حِيلَ بَيْني وبيْنَهُ

فحُسْنُ عَزائي حِيلَ بَيْني وبيْنَهُ

وقُرّةُ عَيْني لمْ تُجَلَّ بِمِرآتي

وقُرّةُ عَيْني لمْ تُجَلَّ بِمِرآتي

Then the sweetness of my consolation is kept from me,

Then the beauty of my solace has been thwarted between me and it

And my eye’s delight is not revealed in my mirror.

And the apple of my eye has not been fulfilled by my vision

شُهودُكَ أمْنٌ منْ عِداةِ خَواطِري

شُهودُكَ أمْنٌ منْ عِداةِ خَواطِري

وقُرْبُكَ حِرْزٌ منْ توَقُّعِ آفاتِ

وقُرْبُكَ حِرْزٌ منْ توَقُّعِ آفاتِ

Beholding you is safety from the foes of my thoughts,

Your testimonies are safety from the enemies of my thoughts

And nearness to you is a safeguard against forebodings of calamity.

And your nearness is a fortress from the anticipation of catastrophes

فإنْ لمْ يكُنْ وَصْلٌ فهَبْها إشارَةً

فإنْ لمْ يكُنْ وَصْلٌ فهَبْها إشارَةً

فَيا حُسْنَ شاراتِي بِها منْ إشاراتِ

فَيا حُسْنَ شاراتِي بِها منْ إشاراتِ

So if there is no union, then grant me a sign;

So if union is not to be, then grant at least a gesture

How lovely my adornments would be through such signs!

O beauty of my gestures, by it, from gestures