هَواكَ هَوايَ عَلى كُلِّ حالِ

هَواكَ هَوايَ عَلى كُلِّ حالِ

وَإِن مَسَّني فيكَ بَعضُ المَلالِ

وَإِن مَسَّني فيكَ بَعضُ المَلالِ

Your love is my passion, come what may,

Loving you is my passion, whatever the circumstance,

even if some weariness over you touches me.

Even if some weariness with you has touched me.

وَكَم لَكَ عِندِيَ مِن غَدرَةٍ

وَكَم لَكَ عِندِيَ مِن غَدرَةٍ

وَقَولٍ تُكَذِّبُهُ بِالفِعالِ

وَقَولٍ تُكَذِّبُهُ بِالفِعالِ

How many betrayals of yours I have borne,

And how many betrayals of yours I have known,

and words your deeds have proved false,

And words that you belie with your deeds,

وَوَعدٍ يُعَذِّبُ فيهِ الكَريمُ

وَوَعدٍ يُعَذِّبُ فيهِ الكَريمُ

إِمّا بِخُلفٍ وَإِمّا مِطالِ

إِمّا بِخُلفٍ وَإِمّا مِطالِ

and promises by which the noble one torments me—

And promises through which the noble one inflicts torment,

either by breaking them or by delaying them.

Either through a broken promise or through delay.

صَبَرنا لِسُخطِكَ صَبرَ الكِرامِ

صَبَرنا لِسُخطِكَ صَبرَ الكِرامِ

فَهَذا رِضاكَ فَهَل مِن نَوالِ

فَهَذا رِضاكَ فَهَل مِن نَوالِ

We have borne your displeasure with the patience of the noble-hearted;

We bore your displeasure with the patience of the noble;

now this is your pleasure—will there be any favor?

Now that you are pleased, is there any bounty?

وَذُقنا مَرارَةَ كَأسِ الصُدودِ

وَذُقنا مَرارَةَ كَأسِ الصُدودِ

فَأَينَ حَلاوَةُ كَأسِ الوِصالِ

فَأَينَ حَلاوَةُ كَأسِ الوِصالِ

We have tasted the bitterness of the cup of estrangement;

And we tasted the bitterness of the cup of rejection;

where, then, is its sweetness—the cup of union?

So where is the sweetness of the cup of union?