وَحَقِّكمُ لا غيَرَ البُعدُ حُبكم

وَحَقِّكمُ لا غيَرَ البُعدُ حُبكم

ولو تلفِت روحي وَزادَ غَرامي

ولو تلفِت روحي وَزادَ غَرامي

By your honor, distance has not changed my love for you,

By your right, nothing but distance is my love for you

even if my soul perishes and my passion grows.

Even if my soul withers and my passion grows

وإِنَّكمُ عِندي وإِن طالَ هَجركُم

وإِنَّكمُ عِندي وإِن طالَ هَجركُم

حَضُورٌ لكم في القلبِ دارُ مُقامِ

حَضُورٌ لكم في القلبِ دارُ مُقامِ

And you are with me, though your estrangement lasts long,

You are with me even if your absence is long

ever present; in my heart you have an abiding home.

A dwelling for you remains in my heart

وَلولاكمُ ما عِشتُ يوماً لأَنَّكم

وَلولاكمُ ما عِشتُ يوماً لأَنَّكم

غِذائي وَذكري دائِماً وَمُدامي

غِذائي وَذكري دائِماً وَمُدامي

And but for you, I would not have lived a day, for you are

Without you I would not have lived a day

my nourishment, my constant remembrance, and my wine.

For you are my food, my eternal drink

وأنتمُ إلى عَيني أَلذُّ من الكَرى

وأنتمُ إلى عَيني أَلذُّ من الكَرى

ولو لبثت دَهراً بغيرِ مَنامش

ولو لبثت دَهراً بغيرِ مَنامش

And to my eye you are more delightful than slumber,

You are sweeter to my eyes than visions

even if I spent an age without sleep.

Even if I remained an epoch without sleep

كما أنَّكم أَشهى إلى كبدي من ال

كما أنَّكم أَشهى إلى كبدي من ال

فراتِ الزُّلالِ دهراً بغيرِ مَنامِ

فراتِ الزُّلالِ دهراً بغيرِ مَنامِ

Just as you are more desirable to my liver than the

Just as you are most craved by my liver

sweet, limpid water—an age without sleep.

Than the clear Euphrates for an epoch without sleep

هويتكُمُ في عالمِ الذَّر فاغتدَت

هويتكُمُ في عالمِ الذَّر فاغتدَت

بحُبكمُ روحي غذاءَ دوامي

بحُبكمُ روحي غذاءَ دوامي

I loved you in the realm of primordial particles; thus was nourished

I fell for you in the world of particles

my soul by love for you, the sustenance of my enduring life.

So my soul found sustenance in loving you

ومازجتكم عند الوُدودِ فأشربَت

ومازجتكم عند الوُدودِ فأشربَت

محبتُكم من مُهجتي وَعظِامي

محبتُكم من مُهجتي وَعظِامي

And I mingled with you before the Loving One; then I was given drink

I mingled with you among the affectionate

by love for you, from my lifeblood and my bones.

So your love drank from my marrow and bones

فلو قيلَ لي أَينَ الذينَ تحبُّهم

فلو قيلَ لي أَينَ الذينَ تحبُّهم

مَحبَّةَ إِرضاعِ بغيرِ فِطامِ

مَحبَّةَ إِرضاعِ بغيرِ فِطامِ

So if I were asked, “Where are those whom you love

If I were told where are those you love

with a nursing love, without weaning?”

With the love of suckling without weaning

لَقُلتُ أَنا هُم دائِماً وَهُمُ أَنا

لَقُلتُ أَنا هُم دائِماً وَهُمُ أَنا

فهذا اعِتقادي فِيكمُ وكَلامي

فهذا اعِتقادي فِيكمُ وكَلامي

I would say, “I am they, always, and they are I.”

I would say it's me always and it's them always

So this is my belief about you, and what I say.

This is my belief in you and my words