ياجامِعَ الشَملِ بَعدَما اِفتَرَقا

ياجامِعَ الشَملِ بَعدَما اِفتَرَقا

قَدِّر لِعَيني بِمَن أُحِبُّ لِقا

قَدِّر لِعَيني بِمَن أُحِبُّ لِقا

O you who reunite the company after it has parted,

O gatherer of those parted, grant

Ordain for my eye a meeting with the one I love.

My eyes the joy of seeing those I love.

وَيا مُجيرَ المُحِبِّ مِن فَرَقِ ال

وَيا مُجيرَ المُحِبِّ مِن فَرَقِ ال

فِراقِ عَجِّل وَأَذهِبِ الفَرَقا

فِراقِ عَجِّل وَأَذهِبِ الفَرَقا

And O protector of the lover from the dread of

O shelterer of lovers from parting's woes,

separation, hasten and dispel the dread.

Hasten and do away with separation.

عافِ مِنَ السُقمِ مُبتَلىً بِهَوى

عافِ مِنَ السُقمِ مُبتَلىً بِهَوى

مانَفَعَت فيهِ عوذَةٌ وَرُقى

مانَفَعَت فيهِ عوذَةٌ وَرُقى

Cure the sickness of one afflicted with love,

Heal one afflicted with love's malady,

whom no charm or incantations have helped.

Against which charms and talismans avail not.

أَجِر بِوَصلِ الحَبيبِ قَلبِيَ مِن

أَجِر بِوَصلِ الحَبيبِ قَلبِيَ مِن

طَوارِقِ الهَجرِ وَاِفتَحِ الطُرُقا

طَوارِقِ الهَجرِ وَاِفتَحِ الطُرُقا

Shelter my heart through union with the beloved from

Save my heart from parting's perils,

the nocturnal assaults of estrangement, and open the paths.

Open again the paths of union.

وَلا تُسَلِّط أَذى الفِراقِ عَلى

وَلا تُسَلِّط أَذى الفِراقِ عَلى

ضَعفي فَما لي عَلى الفِراقِ بَقا

ضَعفي فَما لي عَلى الفِراقِ بَقا

And do not unleash the pain of separation upon

Let not the pain of parting tyrannize

my frailty, for I cannot survive separation.

My frailty, for I cannot endure it.

وَلا تُؤاخِذ فَلَستُ أَوَّلَ مَن

وَلا تُؤاخِذ فَلَستُ أَوَّلَ مَن

بِخَيسِ عَهدِ الحِسانِ قَد وَثَقا

بِخَيسِ عَهدِ الحِسانِ قَد وَثَقا

And do not reproach me, for I am not the first who

Reproach me not, for I am not the first

has trusted the faithless pledges of the beautiful.

To break faith's covenant and betray it.

أَنا الَّذي رامَ مِن أَحِبَّتِهِ

أَنا الَّذي رامَ مِن أَحِبَّتِهِ

حَظّاً بِلُقياهُم فَما رُزِقا

حَظّاً بِلُقياهُم فَما رُزِقا

I am the one who sought from his loved ones

I who yearned to meet beloved ones,

the good fortune of meeting them, but was granted none.

Yet was not granted that felicity.

وَهَل مُطيقٌ عَلى النَوى جَلَداً

وَهَل مُطيقٌ عَلى النَوى جَلَداً

صَبٌّ لِغَيرِ الغَرامِ ما خُلِقا

صَبٌّ لِغَيرِ الغَرامِ ما خُلِقا

And can separation be endured with fortitude

Can one feign indifference to love

by a lover created for nothing but passion?

When by nature he was not created thus?

أَحِبَّتي ما الَّذي أَضَرَّ بِكُم

أَحِبَّتي ما الَّذي أَضَرَّ بِكُم

قُربِيَ بَعدَ النَوى لَوِ اِتَّفَقا

قُربِيَ بَعدَ النَوى لَوِ اِتَّفَقا

My loved ones, what harm would it do you

My loved ones, what harm to you

if I were near you after separation?

If after professing love we met?

جودوا وَعودوا فَدَيتُكُم دَنِفاً

جودوا وَعودوا فَدَيتُكُم دَنِفاً

نِضوَ سَقامٍ عَلى الفِراشِ لَقى

نِضوَ سَقامٍ عَلى الفِراشِ لَقى

Be generous and return; may I, lovesick, be your ransom,

Be generous, keep faith, I ransom you

wasted by illness, cast aside upon the bed.

A bedridden wretch upon his sickbed.

حَسِبتُ يَومَ الوَداعِ أَنَّ مَعي

حَسِبتُ يَومَ الوَداعِ أَنَّ مَعي

قَلبي وَلَم أَدرِ أَنَّهُ سُرِقا

قَلبي وَلَم أَدرِ أَنَّهُ سُرِقا

On the day of farewell I thought I had with me

The day we parted, I thought my heart

my heart, and did not know that it had been stolen.

Still with me, but knew not it was stolen.

إِنَّ فُؤادي فَراشُ شَوقِكُمُ

إِنَّ فُؤادي فَراشُ شَوقِكُمُ

صادَفَ نارَ الغَرامِ فَاِحتَرَقا

صادَفَ نارَ الغَرامِ فَاِحتَرَقا

Indeed, my heart is a moth yearning for you;

My heart is a moth, burned with longing,

it met the fire of passion and so burned.

Having met love's fire, to ashes turned.

وَإِنَّ وَجدِيَ الَّذي أَراقَ دَمَ ال

وَإِنَّ وَجدِيَ الَّذي أَراقَ دَمَ ال

عَينِ لَدَمعٌ أَهدى لَها الأَرَقا

عَينِ لَدَمعٌ أَهدى لَها الأَرَقا

And my anguish, which spilled the blood of the

My tears that stained my cheeks with blood

eye, is indeed tears that brought it sleeplessness.

Are tears insomnia gifted in its vigil.

واعَجَباً لايَزالُ ذا ظَمَإٍ

واعَجَباً لايَزالُ ذا ظَمَإٍ

إِنسانُ عَينٍ بِدَمعِها غَرِقا

إِنسانُ عَينٍ بِدَمعِها غَرِقا

How strange! Still thirsty is

How strange that one with thirst unquenched

the pupil of an eye, drowned in its tears.

Should drown, o man, in his own tears!

قَد أَظلَمَت عيشَتي وَلَستُ أَرى

قَد أَظلَمَت عيشَتي وَلَستُ أَرى

إِلّا بِكُم مَشرِقاً لَها أُفُقا

إِلّا بِكُم مَشرِقاً لَها أُفُقا

My life has grown dark, and I do not see

My life is darkened, I see no dawn,

a radiant horizon for it except through you.

Unless with you, no gladdening horizon.

فَأَسأَلُ اللَهَ أَن يُعيدَكُمُ

فَأَسأَلُ اللَهَ أَن يُعيدَكُمُ

وَيَجمَعُ الشَملَ بَعدَما اِفتَرَقا

وَيَجمَعُ الشَملَ بَعدَما اِفتَرَقا

So I ask God to bring you back

So I beseech God once more to reunite us,

and reunite the company after it has parted.

And gather those now parted after separation.