كَيفَ صَبري وَأنتَ لِلعَينِ قُرَّهُ

كَيفَ صَبري وَأنتَ لِلعَينِ قُرَّهُ

وَهيَ ما إِن تَراكَ في العامِ مَرَّه

وَهيَ ما إِن تَراكَ في العامِ مَرَّه

How can I endure, when you are the delight of my eye,

How can I be patient when you are the eye's delight,

yet it sees you scarcely once in a year?

Yet it does not see you even once a year?

وَبِماذا بُسَرَّ قَلبي إِذا غِب

وَبِماذا بُسَرَّ قَلبي إِذا غِب

تَ إِذا كُنتَ لِلقُلوبِ مَسَرَّه

تَ إِذا كُنتَ لِلقُلوبِ مَسَرَّه

And in what can my heart find joy when you are ab—

And what can gladden my heart if you are absent,

—sent, if you are the joy of hearts?

When you are a joy to hearts?

قَسَماً بِالَّذي أَفاضَ عَلى طَل

قَسَماً بِالَّذي أَفاضَ عَلى طَل

عَتِكَ النورَ فَهيَ لِلشَمسِ ضَرَّه

عَتِكَ النورَ فَهيَ لِلشَمسِ ضَرَّه

I swear by Him who poured light upon your counte—

I swear by Him who poured upon your

—nance, making it the sun’s rival bride.

Countenance the light, making it the sun's rival co-wife:

إِنَّ يَوماً أَرى جَمالَكَ فيهِ

إِنَّ يَوماً أَرى جَمالَكَ فيهِ

هُوَ عِندي في جَبهَةِ الدَهرِ غُرَّه

هُوَ عِندي في جَبهَةِ الدَهرِ غُرَّه

Indeed, any day on which I behold your beauty

Indeed, a day on which I see your beauty

is, to me, a bright blaze upon the brow of Time.

Is, to me, a white blaze on the brow of time.

أَيُّها المُعرِضُ الَّذي هانَ عِندي

أَيُّها المُعرِضُ الَّذي هانَ عِندي

تَعَبي فيهِ وَاِحتِمالُ المَضَرَّه

تَعَبي فيهِ وَاِحتِمالُ المَضَرَّه

O you who turn away, for whom I thought nothing of

O you who turn away, for whose sake I count as nothing

my weariness and the harm I bore:

My toil and my endurance of harm,

راقِبِ اللَهَ في حُشاشَةِ نَفسي

راقِبِ اللَهَ في حُشاشَةِ نَفسي

إِنَّهُ لا يَضيعُ مِثقالُ ذَرَّه

إِنَّهُ لا يَضيعُ مِثقالُ ذَرَّه

Be mindful of God concerning the last spark of my life;

Be mindful of God regarding the last spark of my life;

He does not let even an atom’s weight go to waste.

For with Him, not an atom's weight is lost.