كان يومُ البَينِ أو لم يَكُنِ

كان يومُ البَينِ أو لم يَكُنِ

أيَّ شيءٍ بَعدكم يَسلُبُني

أيَّ شيءٍ بَعدكم يَسلُبُني

Whether the day of parting came or not,

Was it the day of separation, or did it not exist?

what can it take from me after you?

What is there after you that can take away from me?

كَم أقاسِي آيِساً يُطمعُني

كَم أقاسِي آيِساً يُطمعُني

فيكُم أو خائِفاً يؤمِنُني

فيكُم أو خائِفاً يؤمِنُني

How often I endure a despairing one who gives me hope

How much do I suffer, despairing, giving me hope,

in you, or a fearful one who reassures me.

Or fearful, reassuring me, in you.

لو نَهَتكُم لَوعَةٌ عن لَوعَتي

لو نَهَتكُم لَوعَةٌ عن لَوعَتي

لأَقَمتُم أو شَجاكُم شَجني

لأَقَمتُم أو شَجاكُم شَجني

Had anguish kept you from causing my anguish,

If a grief kept you from my grief,

you would have stayed, or my sorrow would have grieved you.

You would stay or be stirred by my stirring.

وإذا كنتُ مُقيماً خالِياً

وإذا كنتُ مُقيماً خالِياً

من فؤادي فَمُقامِي ظَعني

من فؤادي فَمُقامِي ظَعني

And when I stay, bereft

And if I stay empty

of my heart, my staying is my departure.

Of my heart, then my staying tortures me.

صاحِبي من دُونِ مَن يَصحَبُني

صاحِبي من دُونِ مَن يَصحَبُني

قِف فَما أعجبَ ما أوقَفني

قِف فَما أعجبَ ما أوقَفني

My companion, apart from whoever accompanies me,

My companion without whom no one accompanies me,

stop—for how astonishing is what has stopped me:

Stop, how strange is what stopped me,

رسمُ قلبٍ هاجَه رَسمُ هَوىً

رسمُ قلبٍ هاجَه رَسمُ هَوىً

كامِنٌ بَينَ رُسومِ الدِّمَنِ

كامِنٌ بَينَ رُسومِ الدِّمَنِ

a trace of a heart stirred by a trace of love,

The form of a heart stirred by the form of love,

hidden among the traces of abandoned campsites.

Hidden among the forms of the inkwells.

إن جَنت عينٌ فخُذ حدّاً بها

إن جَنت عينٌ فخُذ حدّاً بها

أبَداً وارحَم سَقامَ الأَعيُنِ

أبَداً وارحَم سَقامَ الأَعيُنِ

If an eye has sinned, exact a penalty for it,

If an eye commits sin, then take it to account,

forever, and have mercy on the sickness of eyes.

Forever, and have mercy on the sickness of eyes.