عجبا لقلبك كيف يحمل وده

عجبا لقلبك كيف يحمل وده

ويطيق من بعد التواصل بعده

ويطيق من بعد التواصل بعده

How wondrous your heart—how it bears his love,

How wondrous is your heart, carrying such love,

And endures his absence after closeness.

Enduring connection even after parting.

ما ذاك إلا أنه مستأنس

ما ذاك إلا أنه مستأنس

بالود فاستسلم السلامة حده

بالود فاستسلم السلامة حده

It is only that it finds comfort

It must have grown accustomed

In affection, and so surrendered—safety its limit.

To affection, and so let down its guard of aloofness.

ربطته أسلاك الهوى بسميّه

ربطته أسلاك الهوى بسميّه

فاذا بذاتك قد تجلت عنده

فاذا بذاتك قد تجلت عنده

The threads of passion bound it to its namesake,

The strings of passion bound it with their melody,

And behold, your very self stood revealed before it.

And so your being was unveiled before it.

وتعاهد القلبان أن لا يعبآ

وتعاهد القلبان أن لا يعبآ

بنكاية الزمن المشخذ حده

بنكاية الزمن المشخذ حده

And the two hearts pledged not to heed

And the two hearts promised not to find

The malice of time as it whets its edge.

Fault with the blow of time, however hard.

قل لليالي فلتفوق سهمها

قل لليالي فلتفوق سهمها

مهما استطاعت فهوي حسن رده

مهما استطاعت فهوي حسن رده

Tell the nights: let them nock their arrow

Tell the nights to surpass with their arrows

As best they can, for it knows well how to repel it.

As much as they are able; my love of your beauty is greater.

هذا حديث النفس في خلواتها

هذا حديث النفس في خلواتها

واللّه يعلم ما الذي يك بعده

واللّه يعلم ما الذي يك بعده

This is the soul's discourse in its solitary hours,

This is the soliloquy of a soul in its aloneness,

And God knows what will come after it.

And God knows what comes after it.