كَذَبتَ يا مَن لَحاني في مَحَبَّتِهِ

كَذَبتَ يا مَن لَحاني في مَحَبَّتِهِ

ما صورَةُ البَدرِ إِلّا مِثلُ صورَتِهِ

ما صورَةُ البَدرِ إِلّا مِثلُ صورَتِهِ

You have lied, O you who reproached me for loving him.

You have lied, O you who blame me for my love,

The full moon's form is but a likeness of his form.

The image of the full moon is nothing but his image.

يا رَبِّ إِن لَم يَكُن في وَصلِهِ طَمَعٌ

يا رَبِّ إِن لَم يَكُن في وَصلِهِ طَمَعٌ

وَلَم يَكُن فَرَجٌ مِن طولِ هِجرَتِهِ

وَلَم يَكُن فَرَجٌ مِن طولِ هِجرَتِهِ

O Lord, if there is no hope of union with him,

O Lord, if there is no hope in union with him,

And no relief from his long estrangement,

And no relief from the agony of his abandonment,

فَاِشفِ السِقامَ الَّذي في لَحظِ مُقلَتِهِ

فَاِشفِ السِقامَ الَّذي في لَحظِ مُقلَتِهِ

وَاِستُر مَلاحَةَ خَدَّيهِ بِلِحيَتِهِ

وَاِستُر مَلاحَةَ خَدَّيهِ بِلِحيَتِهِ

Then cure the languor in the glance of his eye,

Then heal the sickness that is in the gaze of my eyes,

And hide the beauty of his cheeks with his beard.

And cover the beauty of his cheeks with his beard.