بِرُوحِي مَنْ أَوْدَى بِعَقْلِي حُبُّهُ

بِرُوحِي مَنْ أَوْدَى بِعَقْلِي حُبُّهُ

وَلَمْ تَسْلُنِي عَنْهُ كُؤُوسُ رَحِيقِ

وَلَمْ تَسْلُنِي عَنْهُ كُؤُوسُ رَحِيقِ

My soul would ransom him whose love has undone my reason.

With my soul I ransom the one whose love has ruined my reason,

And cups of pure wine have not made me forget him.

And cups of nectar could offer me no solace from him.

يُوَاصِلُنِي حَتَّى أَفِيقَ مِنَ الْجَوَى

يُوَاصِلُنِي حَتَّى أَفِيقَ مِنَ الْجَوَى

وَيَهْجُرُنِي حَتَّى أَغَصَّ بِرِيقِ

وَيَهْجُرُنِي حَتَّى أَغَصَّ بِرِيقِ

He grants me union until I recover from love's anguish,

He grants me union until I awake from my burning anguish,

And forsakes me until I choke on my saliva.

Then forsakes me until I choke on my very breath.

غَدَوْتُ بِهِ مِنْ وَصْلِهِ وَصُدُودِهِ

غَدَوْتُ بِهِ مِنْ وَصْلِهِ وَصُدُودِهِ

بِدَارِ نَعِيمٍ أَوْ عَذَابِ حَرِيقِ

بِدَارِ نَعِيمٍ أَوْ عَذَابِ حَرِيقِ

Through him, through his union and rejection, I have come to be

Through him, between his embraces and his rejections, I have come to dwell

In an abode of bliss or the torment of burning fire.

In an abode of bliss or the torment of a burning fire.