لَعمري لَئن لَم يَجمَعِ اللَهُ بَينَنا

لَعمري لَئن لَم يَجمَعِ اللَهُ بَينَنا

بِما شاءَ لا نَزدادُ إِلّا تَنائيا

بِما شاءَ لا نَزدادُ إِلّا تَنائيا

By my life, if God does not bring us together

By my life, if God does not bring us together again

as He wills, we shall only grow farther apart.

With what He wills, we will only grow further apart

أَعُدُّ اللّيالي إِذ نَأيتَ وَلَم أَكُن

أَعُدُّ اللّيالي إِذ نَأيتَ وَلَم أَكُن

بِما زَلَّ مِن عَيشي أَعُدُّ اللّياليا

بِما زَلَّ مِن عَيشي أَعُدُّ اللّياليا

I count the nights since you went far away, though I did not

I count the nights since you left and I was not

count the nights of my life that had slipped away.

With the life I have lost, I count the nights

أَخافُ اِنقِطاعَ العَيشِ دونَ لِقائِكُم

أَخافُ اِنقِطاعَ العَيشِ دونَ لِقائِكُم

بِأَرضٍ وَلَو مَنَّيتُ نَفسي الأَمانيا

بِأَرضٍ وَلَو مَنَّيتُ نَفسي الأَمانيا

I fear life will end before I meet you

I fear the cessation of life without seeing you again

in some land, even if I nourish myself with hopes.

In a land, even had I wished myself desires

إِذا ما بَكى ذو الشَجوِ أَصغَيتُ نَحوَهُ

إِذا ما بَكى ذو الشَجوِ أَصغَيتُ نَحوَهُ

وَآسَيتُهُ بِالشَجوِ مادامَ باكيا

وَآسَيتُهُ بِالشَجوِ مادامَ باكيا

Whenever someone sorrowful weeps, I listen attentively to him

When the one in longing weeps, I listen to him

and console him with sorrow as long as he weeps.

And console him in longing as long as he cries