يا داني الدَّار في الأَماني

وَنازِعَ الدَّار في العِيانِ

O you who dwell in my hopes and dreams

Yet truly dwell in a distant place

ذِكراكَ دانِ وَأَنتَ نائي

فَأَنتَ نائي وَأَنتَ داني

Your memory comes, though you're far away

So you are far, yet you feel close to me

نَفسُكَ موصولَةٌ بِنَفسي

وَأَنتَ كَالنَّجمِ مِن مَكاني

Our souls are joined though bodies apart

You're like a star sparkling from afar

لي فِكَرٌ فيكَ مُعجباتٌ

في اللَّفظِ صفرٌ مِنَ المَعاني

My thoughts of you are filled with wonder

Though words are lacking to express these thoughts

تَجري ضُروبٌ مِنَ التَّمَنِّي

في كُلِّ يَومٍ عَلى لِساني

Each day my tongue voices yearning

For you, though our eyes never meet

أَقولُ حَتّى كَأَنَّ عَيني

تَراكَ مِن حَيثُ لا تَراني

My eyes dream they look on you

While you cannot see me from your place

إِذا رَكِبتَ الذُّنوب مِنِّي

رَدَدتُ لَومي عَلى الزَّمانِ

When drowned by my sins, I blame only

The times, not you, my guiding star