تَفديكُمُ نَفْسٌ بِكُمْ صَبّه

تَفديكُمُ نَفْسٌ بِكُمْ صَبّه

ليس لها في غيرِكُمْ رَغْبَه

ليس لها في غيرِكُمْ رَغْبَه

May a soul lovesick for you be your ransom.

A soul redeems you with itself, its passion is for you alone

It has no desire for anyone but you.

It has no desire in others but you

يا سادةً درَّبّني عِشْقُهُمْ

يا سادةً درَّبّني عِشْقُهُمْ

ولم يَكُنْ بالِعشْقِ لي دربَه

ولم يَكُنْ بالِعشْقِ لي دربَه

O masters whose love has schooled me,

O masters, their love has trained me

Though I had no experience in love.

And I had no experience in love before

بأيِّ شيءٍ أتَلا فاكُمُ

بأيِّ شيءٍ أتَلا فاكُمُ

إلى الرِّضى منْ هذهِ الغَضْبَه

إلى الرِّضى منْ هذهِ الغَضْبَه

By what means can I win you back

With what can I get close to you

From this anger to goodwill?

To satisfaction from this anger

حاشاكُمُ أنْ تَنْقُضوا مَوْثقي

حاشاكُمُ أنْ تَنْقُضوا مَوْثقي

وبيتنا مِن زَمَن صًحْبَه

وبيتنا مِن زَمَن صًحْبَه

Far be it from you to break my covenant,

Far be it from you to break our pact

And companionship has long existed between us.

And our companionship which is from old times

كُلُّ حسابٍ كانَ في خاطِري

كُلُّ حسابٍ كانَ في خاطِري

وهَجْركُمْ ما كانَ في الحَسْبَه

وهَجْركُمْ ما كانَ في الحَسْبَه

I had reckoned with everything,

Every reckoning I had in my thoughts

But your desertion was not in the reckoning.

And your estrangement was not in the calculations

باللهِ زوروني وَلَو في الكرى

باللهِ زوروني وَلَو في الكرى

وَفَرِّجوا عنيَ ذي الكُريَه

وَفَرِّجوا عنيَ ذي الكُريَه

By God, visit me, even in slumber,

By Allah, visit me even if briefly

And relieve me of this distress.

And relieve me of my distress

أو فَعِدوني مَوْعِداً باللقا

أو فَعِدوني مَوْعِداً باللقا

بِلَفْظَةٍ لو أَنّها كِذْبَه

بِلَفْظَةٍ لو أَنّها كِذْبَه

Or promise me a time to meet,

Or make a promise of meeting me again

With a word, even if it is a lie.

With a word even if it’s a lie

وَجَرِّبوني وافرضوا أَنَّني

وَجَرِّبوني وافرضوا أَنَّني

يا سادَتي في يَدِكِمْ خَضْبَه

يا سادَتي في يَدِكِمْ خَضْبَه

And test me, and suppose that I,

And test me, suppose that I, my masters

O my masters, am a dab of henna in your hand.

Am in your hands like henna

أَنتُمْ نَسيمُ الأنس إن تُمسكوا

أَنتُمْ نَسيمُ الأنس إن تُمسكوا

عَنّي زَماناً فَلَكُمْ هَبّه

عَنّي زَماناً فَلَكُمْ هَبّه

You are the breeze of companionship; if you hold back

You are the breeze of intimacy, if you refrain

From me awhile, you still have a gust to give.

From me for a while, you have my gift