يا حُبَّ طالَ تَمَنّينا زِيارَتَكُم

يا حُبَّ طالَ تَمَنّينا زِيارَتَكُم

وَأَنتُمُ الجيرَةُ الأَدنَونَ في البَلَدِ

وَأَنتُمُ الجيرَةُ الأَدنَونَ في البَلَدِ

O love, long have we yearned to visit you,

O Love! Long have we yearned to visit you

though you are the nearest neighbors in the town.

Though you are the closest neighbors in this land

أَدوَيتِني وَدَواءُ الحُبِّ عِندَكُمُ

أَدوَيتِني وَدَواءُ الحُبِّ عِندَكُمُ

لَو كُنتِ تَشفينَني مِن داخِلِ الكَمَدِ

لَو كُنتِ تَشفينَني مِن داخِلِ الكَمَدِ

You have made me ill, while the cure for love lies with you;

You have made me ill, and with you lies the cure

if only you would heal me of the sorrow deep within.

If you would heal me from deep within my bones

لا يَعدِلُ الحُبَّ عِندي لَو بَذَلتِ لَنا

لا يَعدِلُ الحُبَّ عِندي لَو بَذَلتِ لَنا

ما يَجمَعُ الناسُ مِن مالٍ وَمِن وَلَدِ

ما يَجمَعُ الناسُ مِن مالٍ وَمِن وَلَدِ

Love, to me, has no equal, even if you offered us

Love is beyond price, though you grant me

all that people amass of wealth and children.

All that people accumulate of wealth and children

أَرجو نَوالَكِ في يَومي فَيُخلِفُني

أَرجو نَوالَكِ في يَومي فَيُخلِفُني

وَفي غَدٍ قَد أَرَجّيهِ وَبَعدَ غَدِ

وَفي غَدٍ قَد أَرَجّيهِ وَبَعدَ غَدِ

I hope for your favor today, but it fails me;

I hope for your gift each day, leaving me

and tomorrow I may hope for it, and the day after.

Tomorrow and the day after still hoping

وَأَنتِ عَمّا أُلاقي فيكِ لاهِيَةٌ

وَأَنتِ عَمّا أُلاقي فيكِ لاهِيَةٌ

بِالعِطرِ وَالمَلبَسِ القَزِّيِّ وَالسَبَدِ

بِالعِطرِ وَالمَلبَسِ القَزِّيِّ وَالسَبَدِ

And you, heedless of what I suffer for you,

While you distract me with perfume

are absorbed in perfume, silken clothing, and your hair.

And fabric of Brocade and Braid

أَبيتُ أَرمَدَ ما لَم أَكتَحِل بِكُمُ

أَبيتُ أَرمَدَ ما لَم أَكتَحِل بِكُمُ

وَفي اِكتِحالٍ بِكُم شافٍ مِنَ الرَمَدِ

وَفي اِكتِحالٍ بِكُم شافٍ مِنَ الرَمَدِ

I spend the night sore-eyed unless I use you as kohl;

I refuse to weep unless with you I adorn my eyes

and in using you as kohl lies a cure for sore eyes.

For in adorning them with you, my weeping is cured

وَكُلُّ حِبٍّ سَيَستَشفي بِحِبَّتِهِ

وَكُلُّ حِبٍّ سَيَستَشفي بِحِبَّتِهِ

ساقَت إِلى الغَيِّ أَو ساقَت إِلى الرَشَدِ

ساقَت إِلى الغَيِّ أَو ساقَت إِلى الرَشَدِ

And every lover will seek healing through his beloved,

And every love will heal with their beloved

whether she leads him astray or leads him to right guidance.

Whether she leads to ruin or the right path

إِنّي وَعَيشِكِ يا عَبّادَ فَاِستَمِعي

إِنّي وَعَيشِكِ يا عَبّادَ فَاِستَمِعي

لَو أَبتَغي فَوقَ هَذا الحُبِّ لَم أَزِدِ

لَو أَبتَغي فَوقَ هَذا الحُبِّ لَم أَزِدِ

I swear by your life, O Abbad—so listen—

I swear by your life, listen to me Abad

if I sought to go beyond this love, I could not increase it.

If I sought more than this love, I would gain nothing

كَأَنَّ قَلبي إِذا ذِكراكُمُ عَرَضَت

كَأَنَّ قَلبي إِذا ذِكراكُمُ عَرَضَت

مِن سِحرِ هاروتَ أَو ماروتَ في عُقَدِ

مِن سِحرِ هاروتَ أَو ماروتَ في عُقَدِ

It is as though my heart, when the memory of you arises,

When you are remembered it's as if my heart

were bound in knots by the magic of Harut or Marut.

Is bewitched by Harut or Marut's sorcery

ما هَبَّتِ الريحُ مِن تِلقاءِ أَرضِكُمُ

ما هَبَّتِ الريحُ مِن تِلقاءِ أَرضِكُمُ

إِلّا وَجَدتُ لَها بَرداً عَلى الكَبِدِ

إِلّا وَجَدتُ لَها بَرداً عَلى الكَبِدِ

Never has the wind blown from the direction of your land

No breeze has blown from your land

without my feeling its coolness upon my liver.

Without cooling my burning liver

وَلا تَيَمَّمتُ أُخرى أَستَسِرُّ بِها

وَلا تَيَمَّمتُ أُخرى أَستَسِرُّ بِها

إِلّا وَجَدتُ خَيالاً مِنكِ بِالرَصَدِ

إِلّا وَجَدتُ خَيالاً مِنكِ بِالرَصَدِ

Nor have I sought another woman for secret intimacy

When I peek at another, I still see

without finding a phantom of you lying in wait.

A specter of you keeping watch

فَهَل لِهَذا جَزاءٌ مِن مَوَدَّتِكُم

فَهَل لِهَذا جَزاءٌ مِن مَوَدَّتِكُم

مُرَوَّعَ القَلبِ بِالأَحزانِ وَالسَهَدِ

مُرَوَّعَ القَلبِ بِالأَحزانِ وَالسَهَدِ

Is there, then, a reward for this from your affection—

Is this not worthy of some affection from you

my heart terror-stricken by sorrows and sleeplessness—

My heart startled with grief and wakefulness?

يَروقُ قَلبي وَتَزدادينَ لي غِلَظاً

يَروقُ قَلبي وَتَزدادينَ لي غِلَظاً

ما ذاكَ فيما أُرَجّي مِنكِ بِالسَدَدِ

ما ذاكَ فيما أُرَجّي مِنكِ بِالسَدَدِ

to gladden my heart? Yet you grow harsher toward me.

It would gladden my heart and you'd grow dearer

That is not right, given what I hope for from you.

If what I hope from you comes true

تَحَرَّجي بِالهَوى إِن كُنتِ مُؤمِنَةً

تَحَرَّجي بِالهَوى إِن كُنتِ مُؤمِنَةً

بِاللَهِ أَن تَقتُلي نَفساً بِلا قَوَدِ

بِاللَهِ أَن تَقتُلي نَفساً بِلا قَوَدِ

Have scruples in love, if you are a believer

Shy away from love if you are a believer

in God, about killing a soul without blood-retribution.

That you would kill a soul without just cause

إِن كُنتِ تَخشَينَ شِركاً في مَوَدَّتِكُم

إِن كُنتِ تَخشَينَ شِركاً في مَوَدَّتِكُم

فَقَد تَثَبَّتَ بَينَ الروحِ وَالجَسَدِ

فَقَد تَثَبَّتَ بَينَ الروحِ وَالجَسَدِ

If you fear any sharing in my love for you,

If you fear sharing your love with another

then it has indeed taken firm hold between the soul and the body.

Know it is secured between soul and body