أجريت يا عذب دمعتي

أجريت يا عذب دمعتي

بالبعد اللَه بك يعيد

بالبعد اللَه بك يعيد

Sweet one, you have made my tears flow;

You made my tears flow, O sweet one,

My tears flowed, O sweet one,

through separation—may God bring you back.

Through separation—may God bring you back.

With separation from you, may God reunite us.

وأسهرت بالليل مقلتي

وأسهرت بالليل مقلتي

والشوق إليك مزعج شديد

والشوق إليك مزعج شديد

You have kept my eyes awake by night,

And you kept my eye awake at night;

I stayed up at night with my worries,

and longing for you is a fierce torment.

And longing for you is unsettling and fierce.

And my longing for you is extremely disturbing.

أخايلك طول ليلتي

أخايلك طول ليلتي

وإن تكن منا بعيد

وإن تكن منا بعيد

I imagine you throughout my night,

I picture you all night long,

I imagined you all night,

though you are far away from us.

Even if you are far from us.

Even though you are far from me.

ومسكنك لبّ مهجتي

ومسكنك لبّ مهجتي

وأنا لكم أصغر العبيد

وأنا لكم أصغر العبيد

Your dwelling is the very heart of my soul,

And your home is the core of my soul,

And your home occupies my heart,

and I am the lowliest of your servants.

And I am the least of your slaves.

While I am your most humble servant.

روحي فدا من هجرنا

روحي فدا من هجرنا

ومن بحسنه ملكنا

ومن بحسنه ملكنا

My soul be ransom for the one who forsook us,

My soul is ransom for the one who forsook us,

My soul is sacrificed for those who abandoned us

who possessed us with his beauty,

And who possessed us through his beauty.

And for those whose beauty ruled us,

عن كلّ شاغل شغلنا

عن كلّ شاغل شغلنا

وإن نأى أو تجنا

وإن نأى أو تجنا

and distracted us from every other concern,

He engrossed us to the exclusion of every other concern,

Distracting us from all concerns,

though he withdrew or wronged us.

Even if he keeps his distance or wrongs us.

Whether they are close or distant.

متى متى ألفى بحبتي

متى متى ألفى بحبتي

ويشتفي الواله العيد

ويشتفي الواله العيد

When, oh when shall I meet my beloved,

When, when shall I meet my beloved,

When, when will I meet my beloved,

and this distraught al-ʿĪd be healed?

And the lovesick al-ʿĪd find relief?

And the passionate lover enjoys the holiday?

إلى المهيمن شكيتي

إلى المهيمن شكيتي

يجود لي بالذي أريد

يجود لي بالذي أريد

To the Almighty I brought my complaint,

To the Guardian I address my complaint;

I complained to the All-Dominating,

that He might grant me what I desire.

May He generously grant me what I desire.

May He grant me what I want.

أقسمت ما حبّ في الملاح

أقسمت ما حبّ في الملاح

سواك يا ساجي الرنا

سواك يا ساجي الرنا

I swear, among the fair I love none

I swear, I have no beloved among the fair,

I swore there is no love in harbors

but you, O languid-eyed gazelle,

Except you, O serene of gaze.

Except you, O candle of the lantern.

يا فاتر الأعين الفساح

يا فاتر الأعين الفساح

لقاك لي غاية المنا

لقاك لي غاية المنا

O languorous one with wide eyes.

O you of languid, wide eyes,

O relaxer of roving eyes,

Meeting you is my utmost desire.

Meeting you is my utmost desire.

Seeing you is the height of wishes.

والنهد قد زانه الوشاح

والنهد قد زانه الوشاح

رمانه يشتهي الجنا

رمانه يشتهي الجنا

The sash has adorned the swelling breast,

And the sash has adorned the breast;

Your breast adorned with necklaces

whose pomegranate tempts one to pluck its fruit.

Its pomegranate longs to be plucked.

Like a pomegranate that makes Heaven covetous.

فما شفا برد لوعتي

فما شفا برد لوعتي

إلا ارتشاف صافي البديد

إلا ارتشاف صافي البديد

Nothing has cooled my burning passion

Nothing has soothed or cooled my burning anguish

So nothing healed my burning anguish

except sipping the pure nectar of that mouth.

Except sipping pure sweat.

Except sipping the pure white wine.

دراك يا أمّ هاني

دراك يا أمّ هاني

بوصل ستّ الغواني

بوصل ستّ الغواني

Hasten to my aid, O Umm Hani,

Come to my aid, O Umm Hani,

I see you, O mother of happiness,

with union, O queen of beauties.

Through union with the mistress of beauties.

With the connection of the mistress of beauty.

يوم تكون فيه رؤيتي

يوم تكون فيه رؤيتي

لها فذاك يوم عيد

لها فذاك يوم عيد

The day my eyes behold her

The day when I catch sight

On the day when I can see her,

will be a day of festival.

Of her—that is a day of celebration.

That is a day of celebration.

ويسعد اللَه بالتي

ويسعد اللَه بالتي

صباحها لم يزل سعيد

صباحها لم يزل سعيد

May God grant joy through her,

And may God gladden me through her

May God make joyful the one

whose morning has ever remained blessed.

Whose morning has always been joyful.

Whose morning has always been happy.

وأين من حلّ في عدن

وأين من حلّ في عدن

من قلعة العرش من رداع

من قلعة العرش من رداع

How far is the one dwelling in Aden

And how far is one dwelling in Aden

And who of those settled in Eden,

from al-ʿArsh fortress in Radaʿ!

From the citadel of al-ʿArsh, from Radaʿ!

From the castle of the Throne and its vicinity,

ذاك الذي زادني شجن

ذاك الذي زادني شجن

وزاد لوعاتي اليتاع

وزاد لوعاتي اليتاع

That is what deepened my sorrow

That is what has deepened my sorrow

Increased my passion,

and made anguish swell my pangs.

And added anguish to my burning pangs.

And made my sufferings more intense?

أدعو إلى واسع المنن

أدعو إلى واسع المنن

يعطف علينا بالاجتماع

يعطف علينا بالاجتماع

I appeal to the One of boundless favors

I appeal to the One of boundless bounty,

I pray to the All-Generous

to incline toward us and reunite us,

That He may favor us with reunion,

To have mercy on us and reunite us,

من بعد ما نال بغيتي

من بعد ما نال بغيتي

من مالك الظافر الحميد

من مالك الظافر الحميد

now that my desire has been granted

After my wish had been fulfilled

After fulfilling my desire,

by Mālik, victorious and praiseworthy.

By the ruler al-Zafir, the praiseworthy.

From the Owner of Triumph and Praise.

بعامر اللَه عمرنا

بعامر اللَه عمرنا

بسعده قد سعدنا

بسعده قد سعدنا

Through ʿĀmir, God has made our life flourish;

Through ʿĀmir, God has made us flourish.

May God populate our lives

by his good fortune we have prospered.

Through his good fortune we have prospered.

With His bliss, we have prospered,

ووسع جوده غمرنا

ووسع جوده غمرنا

وزاد أغنى وأقنى

وزاد أغنى وأقنى

The abundance of his generosity has engulfed us;

And his abundant bounty has engulfed us.

And His abundant gifts overwhelmed us,

he gave still more, enriching and endowing.

And he gave more, enriched us, and endowed us with possessions.

Increasing, enriching and satisfying us.

قد أذهب اللَه شدّتي

قد أذهب اللَه شدّتي

بجوده الواسع المديد

بجوده الواسع المديد

God has dispelled my distress

God has indeed removed my hardship

God has removed my distress

through his vast, enduring generosity,

Through his vast, far-reaching generosity.

With His vast perpetual generosity.

وزادني فوق وهمتي

وزادني فوق وهمتي

فما على فعله مزيد

فما على فعله مزيد

and granted me beyond my expectations—

And he gave me more than I had imagined,

And given me more than I hoped for,

nothing could surpass what he has done.

So nothing more can be added to what he has done.

So there is nothing left to add to His deeds.