ما لمحبوبي نسيني

ما لمحبوبي نسيني

ساجي الطرف المكحل

ساجي الطرف المكحل

Why has my beloved forgotten me—

My beloved has forgotten me,

the one with languid, kohl-lined eyes?

The one with kohl-lined eyes.

ان تغيب عن عيوني

ان تغيب عن عيوني

انه في القلب قد حل

انه في القلب قد حل

If he vanishes from my sight,

If he is absent from my sight,

he has indeed settled in my heart.

He has settled in my heart.

طال من بعده حنيني

طال من بعده حنيني

والحشا فيه نار تشعل

والحشا فيه نار تشعل

My yearning has lasted long in his absence,

My yearning for him from afar persists,

and a fire blazes within my breast.

And its fire rages within.

والكرا هاجر جفوني

والكرا هاجر جفوني

طول ليلى أمسى تململ

طول ليلى أمسى تململ

And sleep has forsaken my eyelids;

Sleep has deserted my eyelids

I spend my whole night tossing restlessly.

Throughout the long, restless night.

لو ترفق بي ظنيني

لو ترفق بي ظنيني

كان باللقيا تجمل

كان باللقيا تجمل

If my cherished beloved were gentle with me,

If he would show me some mercy,

he would grace me with a meeting.

Beauty would adorn our meeting.

الهوى قد صار ديني

الهوى قد صار ديني

كيف عن حبه تحول

كيف عن حبه تحول

Love has become my religion;

Love has become my religion—

how could I turn away from his love?

How could I turn away from it?

ان نسى أو ما نسيني

ان نسى أو ما نسيني

انني به ما تبدل

انني به ما تبدل

Whether he has forgotten me or not,

Whether he forgot or remembers me,

I will not change in my love for him.

I have not changed toward him.

ستّ قلبي ارحميني

ستّ قلبي ارحميني

ان فيك عقلي قد اختل

ان فيك عقلي قد اختل

Mistress of my heart, have mercy on me,

O my heart, have mercy on me!

for my mind has become unhinged over you.

For in you, my mind is disturbed.

تحسبي نومي هنيني

تحسبي نومي هنيني

ان نومي قد ترحل

ان نومي قد ترحل

You think my sleep is peaceful,

You think my sighs mean slumber,

but my sleep has departed.

But my sleep has departed.

يا معيني يا معيني

يا معيني يا معيني

ارحم القلب المبهلل

ارحم القلب المبهلل

O my helper, O my helper,

O my solace, O my solace,

have mercy on the distraught heart.

Have mercy on my confused heart!

من بعادك يا غبوني

من بعادك يا غبوني

منك لكن كيف شاتعمل

منك لكن كيف شاتعمل

Oh, my anguish at your absence!

Without you, O my absent one,

It comes from you—but what will you do?

What can possibly be done?

عذلي فيه اتركوني

عذلي فيه اتركوني

انني لا أسمع ولا أقبل

انني لا أسمع ولا أقبل

You who reproach me over him, leave me be;

Reproach me, leave me be—

I neither listen nor accept it.

I cannot hear or accept.

يا صاحبي ساعدوني

يا صاحبي ساعدوني

ليس خالي مثل مشغل

ليس خالي مثل مشغل

O my friend, help me:

O my friend, come to my aid!

the carefree are not like the preoccupied.

I have no distraction like my work.

والنبي برّت يميني

والنبي برّت يميني

ما كمحبوبي الأوّل

ما كمحبوبي الأوّل

By the Prophet, my oath is true:

By the Prophet, I swear

there is none like my first beloved.

None compares to my first love.