ما مِنكَ لي خَلَفٌ وَلا عِوَضٌ

ما مِنكَ لي خَلَفٌ وَلا عِوَضٌ

إِنّي لِجَوهَرِ ذاتِكَ العَرَضُ

إِنّي لِجَوهَرِ ذاتِكَ العَرَضُ

For me, there is no substitute for you, nor any recompense.

You have no substitute nor compensation for me

I am the accident of the substance of your being.

For I am but an attribute of your essence

أَفديكَ بِالقَلبِ العَليلِ وَبِال

أَفديكَ بِالقَلبِ العَليلِ وَبِال

طرفِ الَّذي بِكَ لَيسَ يَغتَمِضُ

طرفِ الَّذي بِكَ لَيسَ يَغتَمِضُ

I would ransom you with my ailing heart, and with the

I ransom you with my ailing heart and with

Eye that, because of you, never closes.

My eyes that cannot rest without you

وَأَقولُ إِذ عادوكَ مِن مَرَضٍ

وَأَقولُ إِذ عادوكَ مِن مَرَضٍ

بِالعائِدينَ وَلا بِكَ المَرَضُ

بِالعائِدينَ وَلا بِكَ المَرَضُ

And when they visited you in illness, I said:

And I say when illness has afflicted you

May illness fall upon the visitors, not upon you.

It is with those who recover, not with you, the ailment

أَقسَمتُ ما عَرَضَ النَعيمُ لَنا

أَقسَمتُ ما عَرَضَ النَعيمُ لَنا

إِلّا وَهَمُّكَ فيهِ مُعتَرِضُ

إِلّا وَهَمُّكَ فيهِ مُعتَرِضُ

I swear, bliss has never come our way

I swear, whenever bliss presents itself to us

Without anxiety for you intruding upon it.

Your thoughts in it are an obstacle

لا كانَ عَهدُ البُرءِ فيكَ كَما

لا كانَ عَهدُ البُرءِ فيكَ كَما

عَهدي بِعَهدِكَ فَهوَ مُنتَقَضُ

عَهدي بِعَهدِكَ فَهوَ مُنتَقَضُ

May the pledge of your recovery not be like

If the days of wellness in you were as

Your pledge as I have known it—for that is broken.

My pact with your pact, it would be annulled

يا جَوهَرَ الحُسنِ الثَمينِ وَما

يا جَوهَرَ الحُسنِ الثَمينِ وَما

في الناسِ مِنهُ لا وَلا العَرَضُ

في الناسِ مِنهُ لا وَلا العَرَضُ

O substance of precious beauty—and there is none

O essence of precious beauty, none among

Of it among people—no, nor even its accident.

Mankind has it, neither intrinsically nor accidentally