إن نكن يا حبيب بالرغم غبنا

إن نكن يا حبيب بالرغم غبنا

عنك والله في هوى ما رغبنا

عنك والله في هوى ما رغبنا

If, beloved, we have been absent against our will

Though we're apart, my love, and I'm in pain

from you—by God, we have desired no other love.

I've not desired another, this I swear

كم رأيناك حاضراً حين غبنا

كم رأيناك حاضراً حين غبنا

نحن قوم نرى فراقك غبنا

نحن قوم نرى فراقك غبنا

How often we saw you present when we were absent!

How often when we're parted, I see you plain

We are a people who deem parting from you a loss,

For your absence gives me only despair

ونرى القرب منك حتماً وفرضا

ونرى القرب منك حتماً وفرضا

.

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and deem nearness to you a necessity and a duty.

Your presence is a duty I must bear

.

I'll keep my word, though we're no longer one

ومحيّاك ما عن العهد حلنا

ومحيّاك ما عن العهد حلنا

وعرى الصبر مذ نأيت حللنا

وعرى الصبر مذ نأيت حللنا

And by your countenance, we have not strayed from the pledge;

Since you left, patience is hopelessly gone

and since you went far away, we have loosened the bonds of patience.

I'm yours to command, your will be done

وكما شاءه هواك افتعلنا

وكما شاءه هواك افتعلنا

أنت إن كنت قد غضبت جعلنا

أنت إن كنت قد غضبت جعلنا

And just as your desire willed it, we have acted.

Please forgive, though angry you have been

If you have indeed grown angry, we have made

I bow before you, let your anger end

لك حر الوجوه أرضاً لترضى

لك حر الوجوه أرضاً لترضى

the noblest part of our faces ground for you, so that you may be pleased.