أَنْباكَ شَاهِدُ أَمْري عَنْ مُغَيَّبِهِ

أَنْباكَ شَاهِدُ أَمْري عَنْ مُغَيَّبِهِ

وجَدَّ جِدُّ الهوى بي في تَلَعُّبِهِ

وجَدَّ جِدُّ الهوى بي في تَلَعُّبِهِ

The visible witness of my state has told you what lies hidden in it;

The visible part of my plight has told you of its hidden part.

My tears bear witness to my love though you are absent,

and love’s earnest force has grown grave with me in the midst of its play.

And love was in earnest even as it toyed with me.

My ardent passion finds in me but playful discontent.

يا نازِحاً نَزَحتْ دَمْعي قَطيعَتُهُ

يا نازِحاً نَزَحتْ دَمْعي قَطيعَتُهُ

هَبْ لي مِنَ الدَّمْعِ ما أَبْكي عَليْكَ بِهِ

هَبْ لي مِنَ الدَّمْعِ ما أَبْكي عَليْكَ بِهِ

O distant one, whose estrangement has drained away my tears,

O distant one, whose estrangement has drained my tears,

Oh you who migrated, taking my tears along in your train,

grant me enough tears with which to weep for you.

Grant me some tears with which to weep for you.

Grant me from those tears what I may weep for you again.