مَن لِشَملي لو فاز منكم بجمع

مَن لِشَملي لو فاز منكم بجمع

في لَيالي منىً وأَيّام جمعِ

في لَيالي منىً وأَيّام جمعِ

Who will mend my scattered life? If only it could win reunion with you

Who can join my family if one of you wins

In the nights of Mina and the days of Jamʿ!

In the nights of Mina and the days of gathering

يا رَعى اللَه عَهدَنا بالمُصلّى

يا رَعى اللَه عَهدَنا بالمُصلّى

وَسَقى عصرَنا بكثبان سَلعِ

وَسَقى عصرَنا بكثبان سَلعِ

Ah, may God preserve our time together at al-Musalla,

O Allah, bless our covenant in the praying place

And water our days among the dunes of Salʿ,

And quench our time with the sand dunes of Sala'

وَلَيالٍ خلت فعوِّضتُ عَنها

وَلَيالٍ خلت فعوِّضتُ عَنها

بليالٍ تمرُّ من غير نفعِ

بليالٍ تمرُّ من غير نفعِ

And nights gone by, for which I was given in exchange

And nights have passed, so I compensated for them

Nights that pass to no avail.

With nights that pass without benefit

يا عُريباً لَولاهم لم يَشقني

يا عُريباً لَولاهم لم يَشقني

ذكرُ دارٍ ولا تذكّر ربعِ

ذكرُ دارٍ ولا تذكّر ربعِ

O dear band of Arabs! But for them, I would not be pained

O my dear ones, if not for them, the memory of a house would not have pained me

By mention of an abode or remembrance of a dwelling.

Nor the recollection of a quarter

وإِذا ما سمعت عنهم حَديثاً

وإِذا ما سمعت عنهم حَديثاً

حسدت مقلتي لذلك سمعي

حسدت مقلتي لذلك سمعي

And whenever I hear talk of them,

And if I hear any news of them

My eye envies my hearing for it.

My eyelids envy that hearing

ليت شِعري هل يسمح الدهر يوماً

ليت شِعري هل يسمح الدهر يوماً

بالتَداني وهل يَعود برجعِ

بالتَداني وهل يَعود برجعِ

Would that I knew: will time one day grant

I wonder if fate will ever allow

Closeness—and will it bring us back together?

Coming closer, and if it will bring back

ضقت ذَرعاً بالبعد فيكم وَلَولا

ضقت ذَرعاً بالبعد فيكم وَلَولا

حبُّكم لم يضق من البين ذرعي

حبُّكم لم يضق من البين ذرعي

I cannot bear the distance from you; and were it not for

I am weary of distant separation from you, and if not

My love for you, separation would not strain my endurance.

For my love of you, the distance would not weary me

أرجف العاذلون أَنّيَ سالٍ

أرجف العاذلون أَنّيَ سالٍ

وأَرادوا منكم بذلك قَطعي

وأَرادوا منكم بذلك قَطعي

The reproachers spread rumors that I have forgotten you,

The blamers rumble that I am infatuated

And thereby wanted you to cut me off.

And they wanted by that to sever me from you

كيفَ أَسلو وحبُّكم ليَ طَبعٌ

كيفَ أَسلو وحبُّكم ليَ طَبعٌ

وسلوّي سجيَّة غير طَبعي

وسلوّي سجيَّة غير طَبعي

How could I forget, when loving you is my nature,

How can I forget when love of you is my nature

And forgetting you is a disposition foreign to my nature?

And my solace is not in my nature to forget

آدَ جهدي هواكمُ ونواكم

آدَ جهدي هواكمُ ونواكم

حمَّلتني من الجَوى غيرَ وسعي

حمَّلتني من الجَوى غيرَ وسعي

Love for you has worn out my strength, and your remoteness

Your love and your companionship have exhausted my efforts

Has burdened me with heartache beyond what I can bear.

Loading me beyond my capacity

قرِّبوا لا نأيتُمُ الدارَ منّي

قرِّبوا لا نأيتُمُ الدارَ منّي

واِسمَحوا بالعَطاءِ من بعد مَنعِ

واِسمَحوا بالعَطاءِ من بعد مَنعِ

Bring the abode near me—may you never go far away!

Bring the house nearer to me, do not distance

And give freely after withholding.

And allow generosity after prevention

وَمَتى شئتُمُ الغَضا ففؤادي

وَمَتى شئتُمُ الغَضا ففؤادي

أَو أَردتُم سفحَ العَقيق فدمعي

أَو أَردتُم سفحَ العَقيق فدمعي

And whenever you desire the ghada trees, here is my heart;

And when you wish to turn away, then my heart

Or seek the slope of al-Aqiq, here are my tears.

Or if you want to reject, then my tears