يا قرة العيني يا سكني

يا قرة العيني يا سكني

بلل غليل الموجع الضمن

بلل غليل الموجع الضمن

O delight of the eye, O my solace,

O solace of my eyes, my home

Quench the burning thirst of the pain-stricken, ailing one.

Quench the burning anguish within

بيني وبينك زاخرٌ هزجٌ

بيني وبينك زاخرٌ هزجٌ

تمشي به الأجبال في قرن

تمشي به الأجبال في قرن

Between me and you lies a surging, roaring sea;

Between you and I lies abundant, overflowing vigor

Mountains march upon it, tethered together.

With which mountains march through the ages

لو شئت أدنتنا وأن بعدت

لو شئت أدنتنا وأن بعدت

طرق الفراق طوائر السفن

طرق الفراق طوائر السفن

If you wished, we would be brought close, however far

If you wished, you drew us near, and if you distanced

the paths of parting stretch, by the flying ships.

The ways of separation, the birds of ships

تجري وقد لزت بما ركبت

تجري وقد لزت بما ركبت

فكأنها رأسٌ على بدن

فكأنها رأسٌ على بدن

They sail, bound fast to what they ride,

Flow, having been laden with what they embarked

as though each were a head upon a body.

As though they were a head upon a body

لا تخش أشجاني إذا اعتلجت

لا تخش أشجاني إذا اعتلجت

أو لست تركب هائل الشجن

أو لست تركب هائل الشجن

Do not fear my sorrows when they rage:

Do not fear my anguish when it is roiled

And do you not sail a sea of dreadful sorrow?

Are you not riding the mighty flood of sorrow?

القلب يمٌّ لا قرار له

القلب يمٌّ لا قرار له

جم العواصف مزبد القنن

جم العواصف مزبد القنن

The heart is a sea with no bottom,

The heart sways, knowing no rest

Rife with storms, its crests foaming.

The tempests gathered, the seas foamed

لكن في أغواره درراً

لكن في أغواره درراً

ولآلئاً أبقى من الزمن

ولآلئاً أبقى من الزمن

But in its depths lie pearls,

But within its depths are gems

And pearls more enduring than time.

And pearls more lasting than time