أتدري يا شقيق الروح تدري

أتدري يا شقيق الروح تدري

بما كابدت من وجلي وصبري

بما كابدت من وجلي وصبري

Do you know, O brother of my soul, do you know

Do you know, O soulmate, do you know

What I have endured in my fear and patience:

Of the anxieties and patience I have endured

هموماً أشغلت بالوجد بالي

هموماً أشغلت بالوجد بالي

وناراً أشعلت بالشوق صدري

وناراً أشعلت بالشوق صدري

Sorrows that preoccupied my mind with love's anguish,

Worries that have preoccupied my ardent heart

And a fire that set my breast ablaze with longing.

And a fire that has ignited longing in my chest

ولو أني أذنت لدمع عيني

ولو أني أذنت لدمع عيني

لأطفأها وخفف بعض ضري

لأطفأها وخفف بعض ضري

And had I let my eye's tears flow,

If I had allowed a tear from my eye

They would have quenched it and eased some of my suffering.

It would have extinguished it and eased some of my pain

ولكني رأيت الدمع بحراً

ولكني رأيت الدمع بحراً

يغرّق منزلي ويذيع سري

يغرّق منزلي ويذيع سري

And yet I saw the tears as a sea

But I saw the tear as an ocean

That drowns my home and reveals my secret,

That would flood my home and divulge my secret

ويفصل بين محبوبي وبيني

ويفصل بين محبوبي وبيني

إذا وافى ليجبر بعض كسري

إذا وافى ليجبر بعض كسري

And separates my beloved from me

And separate me from my beloved

When he comes to mend some of my brokenness.

If he came to mend some of my breakage

فقلت لها احبسي العبرات حتى

فقلت لها احبسي العبرات حتى

أشاهد فاتني ليلاً بقصري

أشاهد فاتني ليلاً بقصري

So I said to my eye, 'Hold back the tears until

So I said to it, withhold your tears until

I see my enchanter at night in my palace.'

I see my beauty in my palace at night

ولما خاب ظني قلت هذا ال

ولما خاب ظني قلت هذا ال

دجى ولى ولاح الفجر فاجري

دجى ولى ولاح الفجر فاجري

And when my hope proved vain, I said, 'This

And when my hopes were dashed I said this is not

Darkness has passed, and dawn has appeared—so flow.'

The darkness of night, but the dawn has shone, so flow