الهجرُ يضحكُ وَالهوى يبكي

الهجرُ يضحكُ وَالهوى يبكي

والوَصلُ بَينَهُما على هُلْكِ

والوَصلُ بَينَهُما على هُلْكِ

Estrangement laughs, and love weeps;

Separation laughs while love cries

and union between them is on the brink of ruin.

And between them destruction lurks

يا جَنَّتي ما كُنتُ أَحسَبُ أنْ

يا جَنَّتي ما كُنتُ أَحسَبُ أنْ

أصلى جَحيمَ قَطيعَةٍ مِنكِ

أصلى جَحيمَ قَطيعَةٍ مِنكِ

O my paradise, I never thought that

O my garden, I never thought

I would burn in the hell of estrangement from you.

I'd suffer the hell of parting from you

لِلَّه عَينٌ مِنكِ مُخبِرَةٌ

لِلَّه عَينٌ مِنكِ مُخبِرَةٌ

عَنِّي بِكُلِّ سَريرَةٍ عَنكِ

عَنِّي بِكُلِّ سَريرَةٍ عَنكِ

How wondrous that eye of yours, revealing

God has an eye informing Him

for me every secret about you.

Of my every secret regarding you

عَجَبي لِلَفظٍ مِنكِ ذي نُسُكٍ

عَجَبي لِلَفظٍ مِنكِ ذي نُسُكٍ

هَذا وَلَحظُكِ حاضِرُ الفَتكِ

هَذا وَلَحظُكِ حاضِرُ الفَتكِ

I marvel at your pious speech—

Wondrous is your guarded speech

this, while your glance stands ready to kill.

While your glance is present and deadly

وَسَلبتِ قَلبي مِن حَشايَ فَهلْ

وَسَلبتِ قَلبي مِن حَشايَ فَهلْ

لَكِ في القلوبِ صِناعَةُ الدكِّ

لَكِ في القلوبِ صِناعَةُ الدكِّ

And you stole my heart from my breast—so do

You've stolen my heart from my ribs, so do

you practice the craft of crushing hearts?

Hearts have the craft of piercing for you?

أَغزالةَ الفلكِ الَّتي عَبَقَتْ

أَغزالةَ الفلكِ الَّتي عَبَقَتْ

مِسكاً فَقُلتُ غَزالةُ المِسكِ

مِسكاً فَقُلتُ غَزالةُ المِسكِ

O sun of the heavens, fragrant

Does musk Gazelle of the cosmos

with musk—so I said, 'The musk gazelle!'

Gazelle of musk, I called you

إِن دامَ هَجْرُكِ لي بلا سَبَبٍ

إِن دامَ هَجْرُكِ لي بلا سَبَبٍ

فَلأنتِ قاتِلَتِي بِلا شكِّ

فَلأنتِ قاتِلَتِي بِلا شكِّ

If your shunning of me continues without cause,

If your estrangement of me without cause endures

then you are surely my slayer, beyond doubt.

You're undoubtedly my murderess, no doubt