طَرَقَ السَمع يا أهيلَ المصلّى

طَرَقَ السَمع يا أهيلَ المصلّى

خَبَراً مِنكُم فَزادَ اِشتِياقي

خَبَراً مِنكُم فَزادَ اِشتِياقي

Bring to my hearing, O dear folk of the prayer-ground,

There came to my ears, O dear folk of the prayer-place,

some tidings from you—and they have increased my longing.

news from you, and my longing grew:

مُحكَمُ النَّقلِ قَد رَوته ثِقاةٌ

مُحكَمُ النَّقلِ قَد رَوته ثِقاةٌ

مُسنَدٌ بِالرّواةِ وَالاتفاقِ

مُسنَدٌ بِالرّواةِ وَالاتفاقِ

Soundly established in transmission, trustworthy authorities have related it,

soundly transmitted, related by the trustworthy,

backed by an isnād through narrators and by consensus:

supported by narrators and consensus:

أَن سَأَفنى بِكُم وَتَفنى عِظامي

أَن سَأَفنى بِكُم وَتَفنى عِظامي

وَرَسيس الغَرامِ في القَلب باقي

وَرَسيس الغَرامِ في القَلب باقي

that through you I shall perish, and my bones shall decay,

that I shall perish because of you, and my bones decay,

while passion’s deep-rooted trace remains in the heart.

while a lingering trace of passion remains in the heart.