يا نازِحِيْنَ وَهُمْ بالقَلبِ سُكَّانُ

يا نازِحِيْنَ وَهُمْ بالقَلبِ سُكَّانُ

وراحِلينَ وما سارُوا ولا بَانُوا

وراحِلينَ وما سارُوا ولا بَانُوا

O distant ones who yet dwell within the heart,

O you who are displaced yet reside in my heart

And departing ones who have neither journeyed nor gone away.

Travelers who neither journeyed nor appeared

ذَواتُكْم بينَ أحْناءِ الضُّلُوعِ ثَوَتْ

ذَواتُكْم بينَ أحْناءِ الضُّلُوعِ ثَوَتْ

فَكيفَ لِيْ مِنكُمُ صَدٌّ وهِجرانُ

فَكيفَ لِيْ مِنكُمُ صَدٌّ وهِجرانُ

Your very selves have dwelt amid the curves of the ribs;

Your beings nestled between the ribs have settled

How, then, can I suffer your rejection and abandonment?

So how could there be any estrangement between us?

عَجِبْتُ تَشتاقُكُمْ نَفْسٌ وناظِرُها

عَجِبْتُ تَشتاقُكُمْ نَفْسٌ وناظِرُها

وأنْتُمُ فِيهما رُوْحٌ وإنْسانُ

وأنْتُمُ فِيهما رُوْحٌ وإنْسانُ

I marveled that a soul and its eye should long for you,

I'm astonished that a soul yearns for you

Though within them you are the spirit and the eye’s pupil.

While you dwell in it, its spirit and human

أنْتُمْ أنا وأنا أنْتُمْ مُطابَقةً

أنْتُمْ أنا وأنا أنْتُمْ مُطابَقةً

لو افْتَرَقْنا لَغال الحُبّ نِسيانُ

لو افْتَرَقْنا لَغال الحُبّ نِسيانُ

You are I, and I am you—one and the same.

You are me and I am you, perfectly matched

Were we to part, forgetfulness would slay love.

If we were to part, love’s oblivion would be painful

لا تَطْلُبوني على عِشْقِي بِبَيِّنَةٍ

لا تَطْلُبوني على عِشْقِي بِبَيِّنَةٍ

فما يُقامُ عَلى المَحْسوسِ بُرهانُ

فما يُقامُ عَلى المَحْسوسِ بُرهانُ

Do not demand evidence of my passionate love from me,

Do not ask me for proof of my love

For no proof is adduced for what the senses perceive.

For evidence cannot be provided for the tangible