شَأني وَشَأنُكَ فيما بَينَنا عَجَبٌ

شَأني وَشَأنُكَ فيما بَينَنا عَجَبٌ

تَدعى المَريضَ وَقَلبي صاحِبُ الأَلَمِ

تَدعى المَريضَ وَقَلبي صاحِبُ الأَلَمِ

My state and yours, in what lies between us, are a wonder.

My state and your state between us is strange

You are called the sick one, yet my heart bears the pain.

You complain though my heart bears the pain

نَفسي تَقيكَ مِنَ المَكروهِ طائِعَةً

نَفسي تَقيكَ مِنَ المَكروهِ طائِعَةً

ليَهنِكَ الوُدُّ وُدٌّ غَيرَ مُقتَسَمِ

ليَهنِكَ الوُدُّ وُدٌّ غَيرَ مُقتَسَمِ

My soul willingly shields you from harm.

My soul protects you from harm willingly

May love bring you joy—a love unshared.

Let affection bring you ease, undivided care

أَقَمتَ بِالكُرهِ لِلشَكوى مُجاوِرَنا

أَقَمتَ بِالكُرهِ لِلشَكوى مُجاوِرَنا

وَلَو تَخَلَّصتَ مِن شَكواكَ لَم تُقِم

وَلَو تَخَلَّصتَ مِن شَكواكَ لَم تُقِم

You stayed unwillingly as our neighbor because of illness;

You dwell with discontent, constant in plaint

and had you recovered from your ailment, you would not have stayed.

Were you free of your grief, you would not remain

فَلَيتَكَ الدَهرَ لي جارٌ أُجاوِرُهُ

فَلَيتَكَ الدَهرَ لي جارٌ أُجاوِرُهُ

وَكانَ ما بِكَ بي مِن ذَلِكَ السَقَمِ

وَكانَ ما بِكَ بي مِن ذَلِكَ السَقَمِ

If only you were forever my neighbor, with me dwelling beside you,

Would that you were, for time, a neighbor dear

and the sickness afflicting you were mine.

And what of you in me were of that illness clear