له مِنّي المَحبَّةُ وَالوِدَادُ

له مِنّي المَحبَّةُ وَالوِدَادُ

وَلِي مِنْهُ القَطِيعَةُ والبُعَادُ

وَلِي مِنْهُ القَطِيعَةُ والبُعَادُ

He has from me love and affection,

My love and affection are his

while I have from him estrangement and distance.

While from him come estrangement and distance

فقلبي لا يُلَائِمُهُ اصْطِبارٌ

فقلبي لا يُلَائِمُهُ اصْطِبارٌ

وَجفْنِي لا يُفارِقهُ السُّهَادُ

وَجفْنِي لا يُفارِقهُ السُّهَادُ

For patience does not suit my heart,

So my heart cannot bear patience

and sleeplessness never leaves my eyelid.

Nor can my eyelids abandon drowsiness

كَلِفْتُ بِحبّهِ صُوفيَّ وَصْلٍ

كَلِفْتُ بِحبّهِ صُوفيَّ وَصْلٍ

فَماضِيهِ إِليْهِ لا يُعادُ

فَماضِيهِ إِليْهِ لا يُعادُ

I became enamored of his love, a Sufi of union;

I was charged with loving a fickle lover

for his past cannot be restored to him.

So the past with him cannot be relived