بُليتُ بِأَحْسَنَ الثَّقَلَيْ

بُليتُ بِأَحْسَنَ الثَّقَلَيْ

نِ إِقَبالاً ومُنْصَرَفا

نِ إِقَبالاً ومُنْصَرَفا

I am afflicted by the fairest of the two

I have been afflicted with the fairest of humans and jinn,

races—whether he comes or turns away:

in his coming and his going.

فَمِثْلُ الخَشْفِ مُلْتَفَتاً

فَمِثْلُ الخَشْفِ مُلْتَفَتاً

ومِثْلُ الغُصْنِ مُنْعَطَفا

ومِثْلُ الغُصْنِ مُنْعَطَفا

like a fawn when he turns to look,

For he is like a fawn when he turns to look,

and like a bough when it bends.

and like a branch when he bends.

يُسَوِّفُني بِنائِلِهِ

يُسَوِّفُني بِنائِلِهِ

وقَدْ أَهدى لي الأَسَفا

وقَدْ أَهدى لي الأَسَفا

He keeps me waiting for his favor,

He delays granting me his favor,

though all he has bestowed on me is sorrow.

though he has already bestowed sorrow on me.

وآَخُذُ وُصْلَهُ عِدَةً

وآَخُذُ وُصْلَهُ عِدَةً

ويَأْخُذُ مهْجَتي سَلَفا

ويَأْخُذُ مهْجَتي سَلَفا

I take his union on promise,

And I receive union with him as a promise,

while he takes my soul in advance.

while he takes my lifeblood in advance.