ما ضَرَّ سَاكنُ قلبي حينما بَعُدا

ما ضَرَّ سَاكنُ قلبي حينما بَعُدا

لو أنّه في دمي أو في الحَشا رَقَدا

لو أنّه في دمي أو في الحَشا رَقَدا

What harm was there when the dweller in my heart went far away,

My heart's dweller was not harmed when we were far apart

If he lay asleep in my blood or deep within my breast?

As if he in my blood or in the desert sands had slept

أَهاجَهُ البَرْقُ مِن أشجانِ مَوْطِنِه

أَهاجَهُ البَرْقُ مِن أشجانِ مَوْطِنِه

مَنْ يَسْكُنِ القَلبَ لا يَبغي بهِ أَحَدا

مَنْ يَسْكُنِ القَلبَ لا يَبغي بهِ أَحَدا

The lightning stirred him with sorrows for his homeland.

He was stirred by lightning from the groves of his homeland

Whoever inhabits the heart wants no other there.

He who dwells in a heart desires no one else instead

ما ضَرَّ لو هَجَروا فينا مواطِنَهُمْ

ما ضَرَّ لو هَجَروا فينا مواطِنَهُمْ

وا لوعةَ القلب! إنَّ الصَّبرَ قد نَفِدا

وا لوعةَ القلب! إنَّ الصَّبرَ قد نَفِدا

What harm would it do if they abandoned their dwellings within us?

It would not harm if they deserted their homelands in us

Alas for the heart’s anguish! Patience has indeed run out.

Oh agony of the heart! Patience has finally left

ما لِلأَحِبَّةِ لا يَرْعَونَ وُدَّهُمُ

ما لِلأَحِبَّةِ لا يَرْعَونَ وُدَّهُمُ

لِمَنْ تَعَلَّقَ حُبًّا دائمًا أبدا

لِمَنْ تَعَلَّقَ حُبًّا دائمًا أبدا

What is wrong with the beloved, that they do not safeguard their affection

The loved ones do not tend to their affection

For one who clung to them with abiding love, forever?

For he who clung to lasting love forevermore