كَأَنَّكَ لَم تَغنَهُ إِذ لَم تُلاقِها

وَإِن تَلقَها فَالقَلبُ راضٍ وَقانِعُ

It's as if you didn't sing it, when you didn't meet her

And if you meet her, the heart is content and satisfied

فَيا قَلبُ خَبِّرني إِذا شَطَّتِ النَوى

بِلُبنى وَصَدَّت عَنكَ ما أَنتَ صانِعُ

So tell me, oh heart, when the beloved departs

To Lubna, and prevents you from what you want to do

أَتَصبُرُ لِلبَينِ المُشِتِّ مَعَ الجَوى

أَمَ اِنتَ اِمرُؤٌ ناسي الحَياءِ فَجازِعُ

Will you be patient with the painful separation, and passionate love?

Or are you a man who has lost all shame, and is uncontrollable?

فَما أَنا إِن بانَت لُبَينى بِهاجِعٍ

إِذا ما اِستَقَلَّت بِالنِيامِ المَضاجِعُ

So I wouldn't be if my Lubna slept in an embrace

When the sleeping places became empty

وَكَيفَ يَنامُ المَرءُ مُستَشعِرَ الجَوى

ضَجيعَ الأَسى فيهِ نِكاسٌ رَوادِعُ

And how can one sleep, feeling passionate love

A companion of sorrow, in him sadness and pain?

فَلا خَيرَ في الدُنيا إِذا لَم تُواتِنا

لُبَينى وَلَم يَجمَع لَنا الشَملَ جامِعُ

So there is no good in life, if Lubna doesn't come to us

And reunite us, the one who brings us together

أَلَيسَت لُبَينى تَحتَ سَقفٍ يُكِنُّها

وَإِيّايَ هاذا إِن نَأَت لِيَ نافِعُ

Isn't my Lubna under a roof that protects her

And me, if this benefits me?

وَيَلبَسُنا اللَيلُ البَهيمُ إِذا دَجا

وَنُبصِرُ ضَوءَ الصُبحِ وَالفَجرُ ساطِعُ

The ignorant night will clothe us when it's dark

And we see the light of dawn shining

تَطا تَحتَ رِجلَيها بُساطاً وَبَعضُهُ

أَطاهُ بِرِجلي لَيسَ يَطويهِ مانِعُ

She extended a carpet beneath her feet and I

Covered part of it with my feet, nothing prevents me

وَأَفرَحُ إِن تُمسي بِخَيرٍ وَإِن يَكُن

بِها الحَدَثَ العادي تَرُعني الرَوائِعُ

And I rejoice if she is well in the evening, and if

Usual events happen, passions renew in me

كَأَنَّكَ بِدعٌ لَم تَرى الناسَ قَبلَها

وَلَم يَطَّلِعكَ الدَهرُ فيمَن يُطالِعُ

It's as if you're a unique one who hasn't seen people before her

And time didn't show you who it shows

فَقَد كُنتُ أَبكي وَالنَوى مُطمَإِنَّةٌ

بِنا وَبِكُم مِن عِلمِ ما البَينُ صانِعُ

So I used to cry while the beloved was content

With us, and with you all, knowing what separation will do

وَأَهجُرُكُم هَجرَ البَغيضِ وَحُبُّكُم

عَلى كَبِدي مِنهُ كُلومٌ صَوادِعُ

And I shun you like a hated one, yet my love for you

In my liver is painful sorrows

فَوا كَبَدي مِن شِدَّةِ الشَوقِ وَالأَسى

وَواكَبَدي إِنّي إِلى اللَهِ راجِعُ

Oh my liver, from the intensity of passion and sorrow

Oh my liver, I will return to God

وَأَعجَلُ لِلإِشفاقِ حَتّى يَشُفَّني

مَخافَةَ شَحطِ الدارِ وَالشَملُ جامِعُ

And I hasten to show compassion, until it heals me

Fearing the corruption of the house, and reunion brings together

وَأَعمِدُ لِلأَرضِ الَّتي مِن وَرائِكُم

لِيَرجِعَني يَوماً عَلَيكِ الرَواجِعُ

And I turn to the land which is behind you

So that one day, I, the returning one, may return to you