يَا زَمَانَ الرِّضَا لَنَا هَلْ تَعُودُ

يَا زَمَانَ الرِّضَا لَنَا هَلْ تَعُودُ

وَلأَيَّامِ وَصْلِنَا هَلْ تُعِيدُ

وَلأَيَّامِ وَصْلِنَا هَلْ تُعِيدُ

O Time of contentment, will you return to us?

O time of contentment, will you return to us?

And will you restore our union to our days?

And will you bring back the days of our union?

وَعُهُودُ الحِمىَ كَمَا قَدْ عَهِدْنَا

وَعُهُودُ الحِمىَ كَمَا قَدْ عَهِدْنَا

حَبَذا لَوْ تَكُونُ تِلْكَ العُهُودُ

حَبَذا لَوْ تَكُونُ تِلْكَ العُهُودُ

And the covenants of the sanctuary, just as once we knew them—

And the days of the sanctuary, as we once knew them—

how lovely, if those covenants were as they were!

How lovely it would be if those days returned!

كَمْ نَعِيمٍ لَنَا بِنُعْمَى تَقَضَّى

كَمْ نَعِيمٍ لَنَا بِنُعْمَى تَقَضَّى

بِوصَالٍ قَدْ غَابَ عَنْهُ الحَسُودُ

بِوصَالٍ قَدْ غَابَ عَنْهُ الحَسُودُ

How much bliss for us passed in blessed ease,

How much bliss we had with Nuʿmā has passed away,

through a union from which the envier was absent!

In union from which the envious one was absent.

يَا أُهَيْلَ الحِمَى حَلَلْتُمْ بِقَلْبِي

يَا أُهَيْلَ الحِمَى حَلَلْتُمْ بِقَلْبِي

جَنَّةً لِلغَرَامِ فِيهَا وَقُودُ

جَنَّةً لِلغَرَامِ فِيهَا وَقُودُ

O dear dwellers of the sanctuary, you have alighted in my heart—

O dear folk of the sanctuary, you have settled in my heart—

a paradise for passion, with fuel for its flame.

A paradise for passion, with fuel within it.