اسمع أنينَ الفتى المحزونِ من علله

اسمع أنينَ الفتى المحزونِ من علله

فالشوقُ أصبحَ يُدنيهِ إلى أجله

فالشوقُ أصبحَ يُدنيهِ إلى أجله

Hear the sorrowful youth's groaning from his ailments.

Hear the moans of the grieved youth from his ailments

For longing now draws him nearer to his death.

For longing has brought him closer to his death

واشفِ الكئيب الذي أصبحتَ غايتَهُ

واشفِ الكئيب الذي أصبحتَ غايتَهُ

وما يُرجيهِ من دُنياهُ من أملِه

وما يُرجيهِ من دُنياهُ من أملِه

And heal the dejected one whose goal you have become,

And heal the sorrowful one whom you have become his ultimate desire

And whose hope in this world you are.

And what he hopes for from his life and his dreams

يا أيها القمرُ البادي بطلعتهِ

يا أيها القمرُ البادي بطلعتهِ

حكى إذا اهتز ما يرتجُّ من كفلِه

حكى إذا اهتز ما يرتجُّ من كفلِه

O moon, manifest in his countenance,

O you the rising moon with your emergence

When he sways, his quivering rump mirrors you.

Tell when one's shoulder shakes what it implies

هل يستطيعُ محب ملَّ سيدهُ

هل يستطيعُ محب ملَّ سيدهُ

بأن يكافِئَهُ يوماً على مللِه

بأن يكافِئَهُ يوماً على مللِه

Can a lover whose master has tired of him

Can a loyal lover ever reward his master

Ever repay him for his weariness?

One day for his affection and grace