أَجرني بِالتَواصل بَعدَ بُعدك

أَجرني بِالتَواصل بَعدَ بُعدك

لَعَلي أَجتَني ثَمَرات وَعدك

لَعَلي أَجتَني ثَمَرات وَعدك

Grant me refuge through reunion after your absence,

Draw me near through your communication after your distance

That I may reap the fruits of your promise.

That I may reap the fruits of your promise

وَأَسألك القَليل مِن التَلاقي

وَأَسألك القَليل مِن التَلاقي

وَلَكن خَشيَتي مِن سوءِ رَدك

وَلَكن خَشيَتي مِن سوءِ رَدك

And I ask you for but a brief meeting,

And I ask little of our meeting

Yet I fear the harshness of your reply.

Yet I fear the ill of your rejection

سَقى الرَحمَن أَياماً سَقَينا

سَقى الرَحمَن أَياماً سَقَينا

بِها راحاً عَلى وَردات خَدك

بِها راحاً عَلى وَردات خَدك

May the All-Merciful water the days when we served

The Merciful watered days we once drank

Wine upon the roses of your cheek,

In them, at ease, on the roses of your cheek

وَنَلثم اقحوان الثَغر طَوراً

وَنَلثم اقحوان الثَغر طَوراً

عَلى جَزع وَنَهصر غُصن قَدك

عَلى جَزع وَنَهصر غُصن قَدك

And sometimes we kissed the daisies of your mouth

And we kissed the ruby of your mouth a while

In trepidation, and bent the bough of your figure.

On a slender branch and bending bough of your neck

وَنَقتَبل السُعود لَنا بِصرح

وَنَقتَبل السُعود لَنا بِصرح

بَدَت بِبُروجِها أَقمار سَعدك

بَدَت بِبُروجِها أَقمار سَعدك

And in a palace we welcomed our auspicious stars;

And we met good fortune for us in a palace

In their constellations appeared the moons of your good fortune.

In its towers appeared the moons of your joy

نَجرُر فيهِ أَذيال التَصابي

نَجرُر فيهِ أَذيال التَصابي

وَنَنشُق عرفهُ مِن طيب ندك

وَنَنشُق عرفهُ مِن طيب ندك

There we trailed the hems of youthful dalliance,

We dragged in it the trains of intimacy

And breathed its scent from the fragrance of your incense.

And we plucked its fragrance from your sweet scent

أَلا أَنَّ النَعيم لِدون يَوم

أَلا أَنَّ النَعيم لِدون يَوم

تَواصل وَالجَحيم لِدُون صَدك

تَواصل وَالجَحيم لِدُون صَدك

Indeed, bliss falls short of a day

Beware that bliss is for less than a day

Of union, and hell falls short of your rejection.

Of communion, and hell for less than your rejection