أَغيبُ عَنكَ بِوُدٍّ لا يُغَيِّرُهُ

أَغيبُ عَنكَ بِوُدٍّ لا يُغَيِّرُهُ

نَأيُ المَحَلِّ وَلا صَرفٌ مِنَ الزَمَنِ

نَأيُ المَحَلِّ وَلا صَرفٌ مِنَ الزَمَنِ

I am absent from you, bearing a love that does not change—

I am away from you with a love unaltered

not through distance of place, nor any turn of time.

by remoteness of place or any turn of time.

فَإِن أَعِش فَلَعَلَّ الدَهرَ يَجمَعُنا

فَإِن أَعِش فَلَعَلَّ الدَهرَ يَجمَعُنا

وَإِن أَمُت فَبِطولِ الشَوقِ وَالحَزَنِ

وَإِن أَمُت فَبِطولِ الشَوقِ وَالحَزَنِ

If I live, perhaps Time will reunite us;

So if I live, perhaps time will bring us together;

and if I die, it will be from prolonged longing and sorrow.

and if I die, it will be from prolonged longing and grief.

تَعتَلُّ بِالشُغلِ عَنّا ما تُلِمُّ بِنا

تَعتَلُّ بِالشُغلِ عَنّا ما تُلِمُّ بِنا

الشُغلُ لِلقَلبِ لَيسَ الشُغلُ لِلبَدَنِ

الشُغلُ لِلقَلبِ لَيسَ الشُغلُ لِلبَدَنِ

You plead busyness as an excuse for staying away, never visiting us;

You plead busyness to stay away from us and do not call on us;

it is the heart that is occupied, not the body.

it is the heart that is occupied, not the body.

قَد حَسَّنَ اللَهُ في عَينَيَّ ما صَنَعَت

قَد حَسَّنَ اللَهُ في عَينَيَّ ما صَنَعَت

حَتّى أَرى حَسَناً مالَيسَ بِالحَسَنِ

حَتّى أَرى حَسَناً مالَيسَ بِالحَسَنِ

God has made beautiful in my eyes whatever you have done,

God has made what she did beautiful in my eyes,

until I see as beautiful what is not beautiful.

so that I see as beautiful what is not beautiful.