يا حاضرا بفؤاد ناء غائب

يا حاضرا بفؤاد ناء غائب

والنجمُ أقربُ من مَلُولٍ حَاضِرِ

والنجمُ أقربُ من مَلُولٍ حَاضِرِ

O you, present in the heart of one far away and absent,

O you present in heart though absent in space

And the star is nearer than a fickle one close at hand.

While the star is closer than one present in place

أُبْلُغْ رِضاكَ من الجَفَاءِ فَشيمَتي

أُبْلُغْ رِضاكَ من الجَفَاءِ فَشيمَتي

وصلُ المَلولِ وحفظُ عَهدِ الغَادِرِ

وصلُ المَلولِ وحفظُ عَهدِ الغَادِرِ

Take your fill of coldness, for my nature is

I convey my acceptance though estrangement's my way

To keep ties with the fickle and honor the betrayer's pledge.

And keep ties with the absent and honor who betrayed

فَلأَصبِرَنَّ عليكَ لا من سَلْوةٍ

فَلأَصبِرَنَّ عليكَ لا من سَلْوةٍ

صبرَ الكليمِ على أداةِ السّابِرِ

صبرَ الكليمِ على أداةِ السّابِرِ

So I shall surely bear with you, not because I have ceased to care,

So I'll be patient with you, not out of calmness

With the wounded one's patience under the wound-prober's instrument,

Like the prophet's patience with his harsh betrayer

حتّى تَعودَ إلى الرّضا ويصدَّك ال

حتّى تَعودَ إلى الرّضا ويصدَّك ال

خُلُقُ الكريمُ عنِ الطريقِ الجائِرِ

خُلُقُ الكريمُ عنِ الطريقِ الجائِرِ

Until you return to goodwill and are held back by the

Until you return to acceptance, turned back by

noble character from the unjust path.

A noble nature from the crooked way