إن كنتَ لا تسمعُ الأنينا

إن كنتَ لا تسمعُ الأنينا

مني ولا تعرفُ الحنينا

مني ولا تعرفُ الحنينا

If you do not hear the moaning

If you do not hear the groaning

from me, nor recognize the yearning,

from me, nor recognize the longing,

فقد وحبيك عيلَ صبري

فقد وحبيك عيلَ صبري

وكم عسى الصبرُ أن يكونا

وكم عسى الصبرُ أن يكونا

then—by your beloved—my patience is exhausted;

then indeed, by my love for you, my patience is spent;

and how long can patience possibly endure?

and how long can patience last?

يا ضيفَ صبرٍ يجرُّ قلباً

يا ضيفَ صبرٍ يجرُّ قلباً

يكادُ لولاكَ أن يبينا

يكادُ لولاكَ أن يبينا

O guest of a patience that pulls a heart onward,

O guest of patience, drawing a heart along

a heart that, but for you, would nearly break away—

that, but for you, would almost depart.

ما ذاقَ حسنَ العزاءِ شوقاً

ما ذاقَ حسنَ العزاءِ شوقاً

فكيفَ من فارقَ القرينا

فكيفَ من فارقَ القرينا

it has tasted no consolation, overcome by longing;

In its longing, it has not tasted the sweetness of consolation;

then what of one parted from his companion?

so what of one who has parted from his companion?