يا مَن شَقيتُ بِحُبِّهِ

يا مَن شَقيتُ بِحُبِّهِ

وَأَذابَ جِسمي بِالعَذابِ

وَأَذابَ جِسمي بِالعَذابِ

O you whose love has made me wretched,

O you whose love has made me miserable

and melted my body with torment.

And melted my body with torment

هَذا كِتابي قَد أَتا

هَذا كِتابي قَد أَتا

كِ بِما أُرَدِّدُ في الكِتابِ

كِ بِما أُرَدِّدُ في الكِتابِ

This letter of mine has come

With what I keep repeating in the letter

to you with what I repeat in the letter.

Answer me back for my heart

رُدّي الجَوابَ فَإِنَّ قَل

رُدّي الجَوابَ فَإِنَّ قَل

بي مُستَهامٌ لِلجَوابِ

بي مُستَهامٌ لِلجَوابِ

Send back a reply, for my

Is inclined towards the answer

heart is mad with longing for a reply.

And take in your palm a handful

وَخُذي بِكَفِّكِ قَبضَةً

وَخُذي بِكَفِّكِ قَبضَةً

مِمّا وَطِئتِ مِنَ التُرابِ

مِمّا وَطِئتِ مِنَ التُرابِ

And take in your palm a handful

Of dust that you have stepped on

of the dust that you have trodden,

Throw it on me for in it is

تُلقى عَلَيهِ فَإِنَّ في

تُلقى عَلَيهِ فَإِنَّ في

هِ بَعضَ ما يُطفي اِلتِهابي

هِ بَعضَ ما يُطفي اِلتِهابي

to be cast upon it; for in

Some of what would cool my inflammation

it is something that quenches my burning.

And be mixed in my food as long as I live

وَيَكونُ خِلطاً في طَعا

وَيَكونُ خِلطاً في طَعا

مي ما حَييتُ وَفي شَرابي

مي ما حَييتُ وَفي شَرابي

And it shall be mixed into my

And in my drink

food as long as I live, and into my drink.

My beloved has gone so oh my misfortune

ذَهَبَ الحَبيبُّ فَيا بَلا

ذَهَبَ الحَبيبُّ فَيا بَلا

ئِي كَيفَ طالَ بِيَ اِغتِرابي

ئِي كَيفَ طالَ بِيَ اِغتِرابي

My beloved has gone—alas for my

How prolonged has been my estrangement

affliction! How long my exile has lasted!

My chest is flaming with sorrow

فَالصَدرُ مُضطَرِمُ الحَشا

فَالصَدرُ مُضطَرِمُ الحَشا

وَالعَينُ مُسبَلَةُ السَحابِ

وَالعَينُ مُسبَلَةُ السَحابِ

So my breast is ablaze within,

And my eyes are raining clouds

and my eye's clouds pour down.

I complain to you of yearning

أَشكو إِلَيكِ تَلَهُفاً

أَشكو إِلَيكِ تَلَهُفاً

بَينَ الجَوانِحِ وَالحِجابِ

بَينَ الجَوانِحِ وَالحِجابِ

I lament to you the yearning

Between the ribs and the veil

between my ribs and diaphragm.

By Allah I have not forgotten you since

وَاللَهِ ما أَنساكِ ما

وَاللَهِ ما أَنساكِ ما

جَرَتِ الرِكابُ مَعَ الرِكابِ

جَرَتِ الرِكابُ مَعَ الرِكابِ

By God, I shall not forget you so long as

The carriages left with the carriages

riding camels run alongside riding camels.

Death hovered around me

إِنَّ المَنِيَّةَ راوَحَت

إِنَّ المَنِيَّةَ راوَحَت

ني يَومَ رُحتِ مَعَ الغيابِ

ني يَومَ رُحتِ مَعَ الغيابِ

Death indeed visited

The day you left with the disappearance

me the day you left with those departing.

Either you left and every dear one

إِمّا ذَهَبتِ وَكُلُّ إِل

إِمّا ذَهَبتِ وَكُلُّ إِل

فٍ قَد يَصيرُ إِلى الذَهابِ

فٍ قَد يَصيرُ إِلى الذَهابِ

If you have gone—and every

Could end up leaving

companion may come to depart—

So upon you, o habitation of peace

فَعَلَيكِ يا سَكَني السَلا

فَعَلَيكِ يا سَكَني السَلا

مُ وَكانَ ما بِكِ مِثلَ ما بي

مُ وَكانَ ما بِكِ مِثلَ ما بي

then upon you, O my solace, be

And what was with you was like what was with me

peace; and may you feel as I do.