إِنّي عَجِبتُ لِصَوتِ غَيثٍ مُرسَلٍ

إِنّي عَجِبتُ لِصَوتِ غَيثٍ مُرسَلٍ

يَغشى البَرِّيَةَ وَهُوَ عَنّي مُقلِعُ

يَغشى البَرِّيَةَ وَهُوَ عَنّي مُقلِعُ

Indeed, I marvelled at the sound of rain sent forth,

I am amazed at the sound of pouring rain

That blankets the wilderness, yet holds back from me;

Drenching the meadows though it is far from me.

وَلِمَعشَرٍ لَم يَبلُغوا مِن وُدَّكُم

وَلِمَعشَرٍ لَم يَبلُغوا مِن وُدَّكُم

ما قَد بَلَغتُ يَقومونَ وَأدفَعُ

ما قَد بَلَغتُ يَقومونَ وَأدفَعُ

And at a group who have not attained, in your affection,

And a band of people who have not attained

What I have attained: they stand, while I am driven away.

The love you have granted me now drink their fill,

ما لي أُحَلّا عَن حِياضِكَ مُفرَداً

ما لي أُحَلّا عَن حِياضِكَ مُفرَداً

يَرِدُ الظِماءُ فَيَشرَبونَ وَأقدَعُ

يَرِدُ الظِماءُ فَيَشرَبونَ وَأقدَعُ

Why am I alone driven from your pools,

While I remain apart, parched with thirst

While the thirsty come and drink, and I am turned away?

As they imbibe the rain and slake their thirst.

فَكَأَنَّكُم فيما مَضى مِن عيشَتي

فَكَأَنَّكُم فيما مَضى مِن عيشَتي

لَم تَعلَموا وَتَرَوا هَوايَ وَتَسمَعوا

لَم تَعلَموا وَتَرَوا هَوايَ وَتَسمَعوا

So it is as though you, in my life gone by,

So it seems that in the life I used to live

Had never known, seen, or heard my love.

You never learned of my passion or heard my tale.