إِذا النَّاسُ كانوا في الأَحاديثِ وَالمُنى

إِذا النَّاسُ كانوا في الأَحاديثِ وَالمُنى

خَلَوتُ بِنَفسي فيك مِن بَينِهِم وَحدي

خَلَوتُ بِنَفسي فيك مِن بَينِهِم وَحدي

When people are engrossed in talk and wishes,

When people talked and wished around me,

I withdraw from among them, alone with myself, thinking of you.

I was alone with you in their midst, alone.

أحيدُ بِنَفسي عَنكِ عَمداً وَفي الحشا

أحيدُ بِنَفسي عَنكِ عَمداً وَفي الحشا

إِلَيك عُيونٌ ما بَرِحنَ عَنِ القَصدِ

إِلَيك عُيونٌ ما بَرِحنَ عَنِ القَصدِ

I deliberately turn myself away from you, yet within my breast

I intentionally distract myself from you,

are eyes turned toward you, never straying from their aim.

Yet my eyes keep looking to you constantly.

فَيا مَن بِكَفَّيهِ حَياتي وَمُنيَتي

فَيا مَن بِكَفَّيهِ حَياتي وَمُنيَتي

وَمَن لَيسَ لي مِنهُ وَإِن متُّ مِن بُدِّ

وَمَن لَيسَ لي مِنهُ وَإِن متُّ مِن بُدِّ

So, O you whose two hands hold my life and my wish,

O you, in whose hands is my life and death,

and whom I cannot do without, even if I die,

For whom I have nothing if I pass away,

أَرِحني مِن نَفسي بِمَوت مُعَجَّل

أَرِحني مِن نَفسي بِمَوت مُعَجَّل

فَديتُكَ أَو نائي الفُؤادَ مِنَ الجَهدِ

فَديتُكَ أَو نائي الفُؤادَ مِنَ الجَهدِ

release me from myself with a hastened death—

Relieve me of myself with a quick death,

may I be your ransom—or keep the heart far from anguish.

I sacrifice myself for you, or give rest to my heart from effort.