يا فؤادي، لستُ وحدي

يا فؤادي، لستُ وحدي

في الهـوى بل أنت أولى

في الهـوى بل أنت أولى

O my heart, I am not alone

O my heart, you are not alone

O my heart, I am not alone

In love; rather, you have the greater claim.

In love, rather you are foremost

In love, rather you take precedence.

أيْ حبيبـي لا تدنّـي

أيْ حبيبـي لا تدنّـي

منه خذ دعماً وحِمْـلا

منه خذ دعماً وحِمْـلا

O my beloved, do not sink low;

O my beloved, do not come close

O my beloved, do not demean me,

Take support and a burden from it.

Seek from it support and a burden

Take from it support and bear its burden.

مُنْيَتـي عَـوْدٌ فدمعي

مُنْيَتـي عَـوْدٌ فدمعي

حار والأشجانُ حُبْـلى

حار والأشجانُ حُبْـلى

My wish is a return, for my tears

My demise is a returning so my tears

My deepest wish is a return, for my tears

Are hot, and sorrows are pregnant.

Became hot and the griefs pregnant

Are scalding, and the sorrows are teeming.

تائـهٌ، بـاكٍ، حزينٌ

تائـهٌ، بـاكٍ، حزينٌ

أعطني من فيك قـولا

أعطني من فيك قـولا

Lost, weeping, sorrowful,

Lost, crying, sad

Wandering, weeping, and sorrowful,

Give me a word from your mouth.

Give me from what is in you, a word

Give me but a word from your lips.

ليتنـي أشركتُ عقلي

ليتنـي أشركتُ عقلي

في مـخاضٍ وهْوَ أسْلى

في مـخاضٍ وهْوَ أسْلى

If only I had involved my mind

If only I had involved my mind

If only I had engaged my mind

In the travail—it brings more solace—

In labor while it was more calm

In this struggle, for it is more comforting,

حيث نـبدي أيَّ حَلٍّ

حيث نـبدي أيَّ حَلٍّ

قد نلـاقي منه كِفْـلا

قد نلـاقي منه كِفْـلا

Where we put forward any solution,

Where we show any solution

Where we might propose some solution,

We might obtain a share from it.

That we may find some relief

From which we might gain a share of relief.

رغم حُمْقي، إن حـبي

رغم حُمْقي، إن حـبي

ماثـلٌ، بل ليس قـولا

ماثـلٌ، بل ليس قـولا

Despite my foolishness, my love

Despite my foolishness, my love

Despite my foolishness, truly my love

Is manifest—indeed, it is not mere talk.

Is exemplary, not just words

Is manifest, and not merely words.

شَكْـلُ حب أرتـضيه

شَكْـلُ حب أرتـضيه

منك إحسانا وفضـلا

منك إحسانا وفضـلا

A form of love I accept

A form of love I accept

It is a form of love that I accept

From you, as kindness and generosity.

From you, kindness and grace

From you as a benevolence and a grace.

لا تلومـي من فـراغٍ

لا تلومـي من فـراغٍ

لو أنـا أبْقَيْتُ سُـؤْلا

لو أنـا أبْقَيْتُ سُـؤْلا

Do not blame me without cause

Do not blame me out of emptiness

Do not lay blame out of nowhere,

If I have held on to a wish.

If I kept asking

If I have kept a plea alive.

إنمـا لـومي حـسوداً

إنمـا لـومي حـسوداً

كـالَ لي غَمّـاً وذُلا

كـالَ لي غَمّـاً وذُلا

Blame only an envious person

Rather, blame the envious

Rather, lay your blame on an envious soul

Who meted out grief and humiliation to me.

Who told me sorrow and humiliation

Who meted out anguish and humiliation to me.

لا تزيـدي في شـقائي

لا تزيـدي في شـقائي

فشـقائي زاد فـصلا

فشـقائي زاد فـصلا

Do not add to my misery,

Do not increase my misery

Do not add to my misery,

For my misery has grown by a chapter.

For my misery brought separation

For my misery has grown by another chapter.

وشَـكاتـي غـير آهٍ

وشَـكاتـي غـير آهٍ

حين صار الوَجْدُ وصلا

حين صار الوَجْدُ وصلا

And my complaint is not an 'ah',

And my complaints are not sighs

And my complaint is more than a mere sigh,

When longing became union.

When ecstasy became connection

When burning passion became a union.

عندما أعددتُ حـالي

عندما أعددتُ حـالي

قلتَ: لا تسرع،فمهـلا

قلتَ: لا تسرع،فمهـلا

When I readied myself,

When I prepared my state

When I braced myself,

You said: 'Do not hurry; take your time.'

You said: Do not rush, be patient

You said: "Do not rush, take it slowly."

حينـها قدَّمتُ رجـلاً

حينـها قدَّمتُ رجـلاً

بعدها أخَّـرتُ رِجـلا

بعدها أخَّـرتُ رِجـلا

Then I put a foot forward;

Then I went forward a step

At that moment I put one foot forward,

Afterward, I drew a foot back.

Afterwards I delayed a step

And then I drew a foot back.

هل شُغِلتِ اليوم عنـي

هل شُغِلتِ اليوم عنـي

أم تـرين الأمـر سهلا

أم تـرين الأمـر سهلا

Have you been distracted from me today,

Did you get busy from me today

Are you distracted from me today,

Or do you see the matter as easy?

Or you see the matter easy

Or do you see the matter as trivial?

كلـما أثْنَيْتِ عـنـي

كلـما أثْنَيْتِ عـنـي

زِدْتُ إكرامـاً وعـدلا

زِدْتُ إكرامـاً وعـدلا

Whenever you spoke in praise of me,

Whenever you praise me

Whenever you turned away from me,

I grew in generosity and fairness.

I increase in honor and justice

I increased in reverence and fairness.

لم يكن ما شئتَ مـني

لم يكن ما شئتَ مـني

ذات يـوم قـطََُّ حَـلا

ذات يـوم قـطََُّ حَـلا

What you wanted from me was not

What you wanted from me

What you desired from me was never,

Ever, on any day, a solution.

Was never, ever a solution

On any given day, a sweet thing.

فـإذا أنـكرت ودّي

فـإذا أنـكرت ودّي

لا أرى من بـعدُ خِـلا

لا أرى من بـعدُ خِـلا

So if you deny my affection,

So if you deny my love

So if you deny my affection,

I see no close friend thereafter.

I won't see after that, a friend

I shall see no intimate friend thereafter.