مَاذَا التَّهَاجُرُ يَا مُنَى الْقَلْبِ

مَاذَا التَّهَاجُرُ يَا مُنَى الْقَلْبِ

مِنْ غَيْرِ مَا جُرْمٍ وَلاَ ذَنْبِ

مِنْ غَيْرِ مَا جُرْمٍ وَلاَ ذَنْبِ

Why this estrangement, O my heart's desire,

What is this estrangement, O solace of my heart,

Why this estrangement, O desire of my heart,

Without any offense or sin?

Though I have done no wrong nor sinned?

Without any crime or any sin?

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ العَظيمَ عَدَا

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ العَظيمَ عَدَا

أنِّي أُحِبُّكَ غَايَةَ الْحُبِّ

أنِّي أُحِبُّكَ غَايَةَ الْحُبِّ

I seek forgiveness from God the Magnificent, except

I ask God’s great forgiveness, though

I seek forgiveness from Almighty God, except

For loving you with the utmost love,

I love you with utmost passion.

For loving you with the utmost love,

وَتَذَلُّلَي لِبَدِيعِ حُسْنِكُمُ

وَتَذَلُّلَي لِبَدِيعِ حُسْنِكُمُ

يَاحُسْنَ ذَاكَ الْفِعْلِ مِنْ صَبِّ

يَاحُسْنَ ذَاكَ الْفِعْلِ مِنْ صَبِّ

And for my humble submission to your wondrous beauty.

My pleading for your sublime beauty

And humbling myself before your wondrous beauty;

How lovely that deed from a lovesick lover!

O, that beautiful act, of youth,

Oh, how beautiful is such an act from a lover!

صِلْنِي أَصِلْكَ وَدَعْ مُعَاتَبَتِي

صِلْنِي أَصِلْكَ وَدَعْ مُعَاتَبَتِي

وَافْلُلْ شَبَاةَ الذُّعْرِ وَالرُّعْبِ

وَافْلُلْ شَبَاةَ الذُّعْرِ وَالرُّعْبِ

Be close to me; I shall be close to you; and cease reproaching me.

Join me to you, and cease reproaching me,

Unite with me, I will unite with you, and cease your reprimands,

And blunt the sharp edge of dread and terror.

And remove the dread and fear.

And blunt the sharp edge of panic and terror.

وَلْتُطْفِ مِنْ نَارِ الصُّدُودِ فَقَدْ

وَلْتُطْفِ مِنْ نَارِ الصُّدُودِ فَقَدْ

أَفْنَى أُوَارُ لَهِيبِهَا قَلْبِي

أَفْنَى أُوَارُ لَهِيبِهَا قَلْبِي

And quench some of rejection's fire, for indeed

Let the fires of aloofness die down, for

And extinguish the fire of your rejection, for indeed

The scorching heat of its flames has consumed my heart.

Its flames have consumed my heart.

The scorching heat of its flames has consumed my heart.

وَاهْنَأْ بِمِلْكِ فَتىً أَخِي ثِقَةٍ

وَاهْنَأْ بِمِلْكِ فَتىً أَخِي ثِقَةٍ

مُسْتَبْصِرٍ بِالطَّعْنِ وَالضَّرْبِ

مُسْتَبْصِرٍ بِالطَّعْنِ وَالضَّرْبِ

And rejoice in possessing a trustworthy young man,

Rejoice in the rule of a trusted youth,

Rejoice in possessing a trustworthy youth,

Well versed in thrusting and striking,

Keen of insight, blow and stroke,

Insightful in the arts of thrusting and striking,

ذِيِ عِفَّةٍ تَحْمِيهِ هِمَّتُهُ

ذِيِ عِفَّةٍ تَحْمِيهِ هِمَّتُهُ

عَنْ أَنْ يَجِيءَ بِفَاحِشٍ نَكْبِ

عَنْ أَنْ يَجِيءَ بِفَاحِشٍ نَكْبِ

Chaste, his lofty resolve protecting him

Of virtue that protects him

Possessing a chastity safeguarded by his resolve

From bringing about a grievous calamity.

From committing ugly sins,

From committing any foul and calamitous deed.

أزْرَى بِمِقْوَلِهِ وَمَنْصِبِهِ

أزْرَى بِمِقْوَلِهِ وَمَنْصِبِهِ

بِابْنِ الْحُسَيْنِوَعَمْرٍو ذِي الْكَلْبِ

بِابْنِ الْحُسَيْنِوَعَمْرٍو ذِي الْكَلْبِ

With his tongue and station, he has put to shame

I stand with his words and position

He has eclipsed, through his eloquence and rank,

Ibn al-Husayn and ʿAmr, the man with the dog.

Regarding Ibn Al-Hussein and Amr of the dogs

Ibn al-Husayn and Amr Dhi al-Kalb.

وَعلَيكَ مَا غَنَّتْ مُطَوَّقَةٌ

وَعلَيكَ مَا غَنَّتْ مُطَوَّقَةٌ

أَزْكى سَلامي يَا مُنَى القلْبِ

أَزْكى سَلامي يَا مُنَى القلْبِ

And upon you, as long as a ring-necked dove sings,

And upon you what the adorned woman sang

And upon you, as long as the ring-necked dove sings,

Be my purest greetings, O my heart's desire,

The most fragrant salutations, O solace of my heart

Be my purest greetings, O desire of my heart,

أَذْكى مِنَ النِّسْرينِ في سَحَرٍ

أَذْكى مِنَ النِّسْرينِ في سَحَرٍ

تُبْرِي رَوَائِحُهُ مِنَ اللَّسْبِ

تُبْرِي رَوَائِحُهُ مِنَ اللَّسْبِ

More fragrant than the wild rose before dawn,

More aromatic than the nisreen at dawn

More fragrant than the sweetbrier at dawn,

Whose fragrances bring healing from stings.

Whose fragrances cure all sorrows

Whose scents bring healing from the scorpion's sting.