وحقّك ما استطعمت بعدك غمضةً

وحقّك ما استطعمت بعدك غمضةً

من النوم حتى آذنَ النجم بالغروبْ

من النوم حتى آذنَ النجم بالغروبْ

And by your honor, after you left I tasted not a wink

By your truth I have not tasted a blink of sleep after you,

Of sleep until the star announced its setting.

Until the star heralded the sunset.

وعارضتُ مسرى الريح قلتُ لعلَّها

وعارضتُ مسرى الريح قلتُ لعلَّها

تنمُّ بريّا منك عاطرةِ الهبوبْ

تنمُّ بريّا منك عاطرةِ الهبوبْ

And I met the wind on its nightly course, saying: perhaps it

I faced the wind's journey and said maybe

Would hint at a fragrance from you, sweet-scented as it blows.

It would bring a scent of your gentle breeze.

إلى أن بدا وجهُ الصباح كأنه

إلى أن بدا وجهُ الصباح كأنه

مُحَيَّاك إذ يجلو بغرته الخطوبْ

مُحَيَّاك إذ يجلو بغرته الخطوبْ

Until the face of morning appeared, as though it were

Until the face of morning appeared as if

Your face, as it dispels calamities with its radiant brow.

It were your smiling face when its gloom disappears.

فقلتُ لقلبي استشعرِ الأنس وابتهج

فقلتُ لقلبي استشعرِ الأنس وابتهج

فإن تبعد الأجسام لم تبعد القلوبْ

فإن تبعد الأجسام لم تبعد القلوبْ

So I said to my heart: take comfort and rejoice,

So I said to my heart, feel the intimacy and rejoice,

For if bodies grow distant, hearts do not.

For though bodies are distant, hearts are still near.

وسِرْ في ضمان الله حيث توجَهت

وسِرْ في ضمان الله حيث توجَهت

ركابُك لا تخشَ الحوادث أن تنوبْ

ركابُك لا تخشَ الحوادث أن تنوبْ

And travel in God's protection, wherever turn

Go safely in God's care, wherever your mount takes you.

Your riding camels; do not fear that calamities may befall.

Fear no misfortunes that may befall you.