يا سُكنَ قَد وَاللَهِ رَبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ

أَقصَدتِ قَلبِي بِالدَلالِ فَعَوِّضي

O dwelling, by Allah Lord of Muhammad

You have captivated my heart with charm, so compensate me

وَتَحَرَّجي مِن قَتلِ مَن لَم يَبغِكُم

هَجراً وَلا صَرما وَلَم يَتَبَغَّضِ

And feel ashamed of killing one who did not wrong you

With estrangement or enmity, and did not spurn you

يا سُكنَ لَستُ وَإِن نَأَت بِكِ دارُكُم

بِالسالِ عَنكِ وَلا المَلولِ المُعرِضِ

O dwelling, though I come to your abode

Not to ask after you or spurn you in disdain

يا سُكنَ كَم مِمَن تَوَدَّدَ عِندَنا

أُقصي وَكَم مِن كاشِحٍ مُتَعَرِّضِ

O dwelling, how many were brought near us then spurned

And how many ardent suitors were made to withdraw

وَصَرَمتُ فيكِ أَقارِبي وَعواذِلي

وَوَصَلتُ عَمداً فيكِ حَبلَ المُبغِضِ

For you I have estranged my kin and lady friends

And for you I have deliberately joined ties with those who hate me

وَحَفِظتُ فيكِ أَمانَةً حُمَّلتُها

وَعَصيتُ كُلَّ مُحَرِّشٍ وَمُعَرِّضٍ

For you I have kept a trust I was charged with

And disobeyed every inciter and spurner

يا سُكنَ حُبُّكِ إِذ كَلِفتُ بِحُبِّكُم

غَرَضاً أَراهُ وَرَبِّ مَكَّةَ مُمرِضي

O dwelling, loving you when I was charged with loving you

Is a purpose I see, by the Lord of Mecca, enduring

يا سُكنَ كانَ العَهدُ فيما بَينَنا

وَيَمينُ صَبرٍ مِنكِ أَن لا تَنقُضي

O dwelling, the pact between us was

A vow of patience from you that you would not break

مِنّا العُهودَ وَلا يَكونَ وِصالُكُم

مَذقَ الحَديثِ بِلَطِّ دَينِ المُفرِضِ

Not to break pacts, and that being joined with you

Would not be the taste of casual faith of the duty-bound

فَلَبِستُ ذَلِكَ مِنكِ بَعدَ جَديدِهِ

ظُلماً لَعَمري كَاللِباسِ العَرمَضِ

Yet after renewing it, you put that on me from you

Unjustly, by my life, like a worn-out garment

وَوَجَدتِ حَبلَكِ مِن حِبالِ مُحافِظٍ

سُجُعِ الخَلائِقِ في الوِصالِ مُعَرِّضِ

And I found your tie to be among the ties of a keeper

To whom all creatures are exposed in being joined