أَحبابُنا أَينَ هُمُ

أَحبابُنا أَينَ هُمُ

بِاللَهِ قولوا أَينَ هُم

بِاللَهِ قولوا أَينَ هُم

Our beloveds—where are they?

Where are our loved ones

By God, say: where are they?

For God's sake, say where are they

كَما رَأَيتُ طَيفَهُم

كَما رَأَيتُ طَيفَهُم

فَهَل تُريني عَينَهُم

فَهَل تُريني عَينَهُم

Just as I have seen their apparition,

As I saw their specter

will you then show me their very selves?

Will their eyes show me

فَكَم وَكَم أَطلُبُهُم

فَكَم وَكَم أَطلُبُهُم

وَكَم سَأَلتُ بَينَهُم

وَكَم سَأَلتُ بَينَهُم

So how often, and how often, I seek them!

How often and how often I seek them

And how often I asked for union with them,

And how often I asked among them

حَتّى أَمِنتُ بَينَهُم

حَتّى أَمِنتُ بَينَهُم

وَما أَمِنتُ بَينَهَم

وَما أَمِنتُ بَينَهَم

until I felt safe among them—

Until I despaired among them

yet I did not feel safe from parting with them.

And I did not despair among them

لَعَلَّ سَعدي حائِلٌ

لَعَلَّ سَعدي حائِلٌ

بَينَ النَوى وَبَينَهَم

بَينَ النَوى وَبَينَهَم

Perhaps my good fortune stands as a barrier

Perhaps my luck is an obstacle

between separation and them,

Between my wishes and them

لِتَنعُمَ العَينُ بِهِم

لِتَنعُمَ العَينُ بِهِم

فَلا أَقولُ أَينَ هُم

فَلا أَقولُ أَينَ هُم

so that the eye may delight in them,

For the eye to delight in them

so I do not say, “Where are they?”

So I do not say where are they