فَدَيتُكَ بِالأَموالِ وَالآلِ وَالأَهلِ

فَدَيتُكَ بِالأَموالِ وَالآلِ وَالأَهلِ

وَعِشتَ قَريرَ العَينِ فَرداً بِلا مِثلِ

وَعِشتَ قَريرَ العَينِ فَرداً بِلا مِثلِ

I would ransom you with wealth, kin, and family;

I would ransom you with wealth, family, and loved ones

and may you live with eyes at ease, unique and without equal.

And you lived, delight of my eye, unique with no equal

ذَكَرتَ اِشتياقاً ثُمَّ أَعقَبتَ بَعدَهُ

ذَكَرتَ اِشتياقاً ثُمَّ أَعقَبتَ بَعدَهُ

بِعاداً وَأَبدَلتَ القَطيعَةَ بِالوَصلِ

بِعاداً وَأَبدَلتَ القَطيعَةَ بِالوَصلِ

You spoke of longing, then followed it

You recalled longing, then after it

with separation, and substituted estrangement for closeness.

Came estrangement, and you replaced unity with separation

فَهَل أَنتَ مِمَّن يَدّعي الشَوقَ قَلبُهُ

فَهَل أَنتَ مِمَّن يَدّعي الشَوقَ قَلبُهُ

وَيَحتَجّ في تَركِ الزيارَةِ بِالشغلِ

وَيَحتَجّ في تَركِ الزيارَةِ بِالشغلِ

So are you among those whose hearts profess longing,

So are you one whose heart claims yearning

yet plead busyness as an excuse for not visiting?

And makes excuses for not visiting, with preoccupation?