يا جيرَتي هَل َنا من بَعدِ فُرقَِتكُم

يا جيرَتي هَل َنا من بَعدِ فُرقَِتكُم

بِساحَةِ الحَيِّ جُنحَ اللَّيلِ أَسمارُ

بِساحَةِ الحَيِّ جُنحَ اللَّيلِ أَسمارُ

O my neighbors, after parting from you, do we have

Oh my neighbors, will we have anything left between us

nighttime conversations in the quarter's courtyard at nightfall?

After your departure, in the square of the neighborhood the wings of night are dusky

وَهَل تَعودُ لَيالينا بِكاظمَةٍ

وَهَل تَعودُ لَيالينا بِكاظمَةٍ

يَوماً وَتدنو لَكُم بَعدَ النَّوى الدَّارُ

يَوماً وَتدنو لَكُم بَعدَ النَّوى الدَّارُ

And will our nights at Kazimah return

And will our nights ever return suppressed

one day, and the dwelling draw near to you after separation?

One day, and will the house draw near to you after separation

فقد وَحَقِّكُمُ شَفَّ الفُؤادَ بِكُم

فقد وَحَقِّكُمُ شَفَّ الفُؤادَ بِكُم

لَمَّا تَرَحلَّتُ أشجانٌ وأَفكارُ

لَمَّا تَرَحلَّتُ أشجانٌ وأَفكارُ

For, by your honor, my heart was worn thin over you

For I have indeed missed you, it soothed my heart

by sorrows and thoughts when I departed.

When sorrows and thoughts departed

وَبي غَرامٌ إِليكُم لا انقِضاءَ لهُ

وَبي غَرامٌ إِليكُم لا انقِضاءَ لهُ

وَنَارُ وجدٍ غَدَت من دُونِها نارُ

وَنَارُ وجدٍ غَدَت من دُونِها نارُ

And within me is a passion for you that has no end,

And I have an endless passion for you

and a fire of longing, beside which other fire pales.

The fire of fervor has become the only fire

أسائِلُ الرَّكبَ عَنكُم هَل يُخبِّرُني

أسائِلُ الرَّكبَ عَنكُم هَل يُخبِّرُني

وآفَةُ الشَّوقِ بَعدَ القُربِ أَخبارُ

وآفَةُ الشَّوقِ بَعدَ القُربِ أَخبارُ

I question the caravan about you: will it tell me?

I ask the caravan about you, will they give me news

And the bane of longing, after closeness, is news.

And the agony of longing after nearness is reports

لَعلَّ دارَكُمُ تَدنُو وَأَنظُرها

لَعلَّ دارَكُمُ تَدنُو وَأَنظُرها

وَأَنتُمُ في رِحابِ الدَّارِ حُضَّارُ

وَأَنتُمُ في رِحابِ الدَّارِ حُضَّارُ

Perhaps your dwelling will draw near, and I shall see it,

Perhaps your house will draw near and I will see it

while you are present in the dwelling's spacious courts.

While you are in the sanctum of the house, present