ياO مانعيyou who deny me صفوpurity الوصالunion
يا مانعي صفو الوصال
ومانحيand you who grant me كدرmurkiness الصدودrejection
ومانحي كدر الصدود
O you who deny me the purity of union,
O withholder of the sweetness of union
And grant me the murk of rejection,
And giver of the bitterness of separation
ماnot ضاقتgrew narrow الدنياthe world عليَّfor me
ما ضاقت الدنيا عليَّ
وقدand indeed حوتhas contained أنفnose السديدal-Sadid
وقد حوت أنف السديد
The world has not grown too narrow for me,
The world has not become constricted for me
For it has contained al-Sadid’s nose.
Though it contains many noses