تغيَّر بعدَكُمْ حالي

وساء لبُعدِكمْ بالي

My state has changed after you,

And my mind is disturbed by your absence.

ولا واللّه ما قلبي

لكم ناسٍ ولا قالي

By God, my heart belongs to no one else,

Nor have I said so to anyone.

ودِدتُ لو أنّكم تَدْرو

ن أشواقِي وبَلبالي

I wish you knew

My longing and confusion,

ودَمعِي عند ذِكراكُم

وإطراقِي وإذلالي

And my tears when I remember you,

My silence and humiliation.

فهل تَلْقَوْن ما ألقا

ه من وجدٍ وإِعوال

Will you find what I have found

Of passion and suffering?

لقاؤكُم وقربُكُم

مُنَى نفسي وآمالي

Seeing you and being near you

Is what my soul desires and hopes for.

على أنّي وإن كنتُ ال

مجيد السيّدَ العالي

Although I am not

The glorious master,

لأُلزِم حُبَّكُمْ قلبي

وأَجعل حالَكم حالي

I will make my heart love you

And make your state my state.

فهل أنا شُغْلُ أَنْفُسِكُمْ

فأَنتمْ كلُّ أَشغالي

Am I the concern of your souls

As you are all my concerns?