خيال حبيبي لم يزل ضمن خاطري

خيال حبيبي لم يزل ضمن خاطري

وان بعدت منه الديار قريبا

وان بعدت منه الديار قريبا

My beloved's image ever remains within my thoughts,

The image of my beloved still lingers in my mind

near, though the dwellings lie far from him.

Though the homelands have distanced me from him

يناجيه سري حاضرا وهو غائب

يناجيه سري حاضرا وهو غائب

اشمت حضورا يا هذيم مغيبا

اشمت حضورا يا هذيم مغيبا

My innermost self communes with him, present though he is absent.

My innermost self whispers to him though he is absent

Have you beheld, O Hudhaym, a presence hidden from sight?

I sensed his presence disappearing, O this passing world

لقد جمع الاضداد فهو وحقه

لقد جمع الاضداد فهو وحقه

غدا ممرضا لي في الهوى وطبيبا

غدا ممرضا لي في الهوى وطبيبا

He has indeed united opposites; so, by his worth, he

He gathered opposites, so he is, by rights

has become, in love, both the one who sickens me and my physician.

At times a healer of my love, at times its sickness

احاضره فكرا وإني لأجله

احاضره فكرا وإني لأجله

الجلج دمعا في الخدود سكيبا

الجلج دمعا في الخدود سكيبا

I converse with him in thought; and indeed, for his sake I

I think of him constantly, and for his sake

set tears trembling as they stream down my cheeks.

Tears flow freely down my cheeks

وما اختار قلبي بعده وحياته

وما اختار قلبي بعده وحياته

من الناس في هذا الوجود حبيبا

من الناس في هذا الوجود حبيبا

And, by his life, after him my heart has not chosen

After him and his life, my heart chose no one

a beloved from among the people of this world.

As a beloved in this whole existence

وقيل عجيب كم تردد ذكره

وقيل عجيب كم تردد ذكره

وان طرفة انساه كان عجيبا

وان طرفة انساه كان عجيبا

And it was said: 'Strange, how often mention of him recurs!'

And it's said, how strange - his name still echoes

Yet if I forgot him for an eye-blink, that would be strange.

If for a moment I forgot him, that would be strange

غريب جمال من عشقت وانني

غريب جمال من عشقت وانني

به صرت بين العالمين غريبا

به صرت بين العالمين غريبا

Rare is the beauty of the one I love; and indeed I

Wondrous is the beauty of the one I loved, and I

through him have become a stranger among all people.

For him, have become a stranger in both worlds