كثرت صبوتي وقل رجائي

كثرت صبوتي وقل رجائي

من حبيب دانٍ إلى القلب نائي

من حبيب دانٍ إلى القلب نائي

My longing has grown, and my hope has dwindled,

My hopes are few, though my sighs are plenty,

From a beloved near to the heart, yet far away.

From a beloved so distant and aloof from my heart.

بدر تم حوى بديع معان

بدر تم حوى بديع معان

كل معنى يفوق بدر السماء

كل معنى يفوق بدر السماء

A perfect full moon encompassing wondrous qualities,

The full moon harbored exquisite meanings,

Each quality surpassing the moon in the sky.

Each meaning transcends the moon in the sky.

يا شفائي من كل داءٍ عضال

يا شفائي من كل داءٍ عضال

ومنائي وأين مني منائي

ومنائي وأين مني منائي

O my cure for every incurable illness,

O my remedy for every incurable illness,

And my desire—yet how far from me is my desire!

My refuge, where is my refuge from me?

منك وجدي وزفرتي وغليلي

منك وجدي وزفرتي وغليلي

وغرامي وراحتي وعنائي

وغرامي وراحتي وعنائي

From you come my yearning, my sigh, and my burning thirst,

From you came my joy and my sighs, my anguish,

And my passionate love, my comfort, and my suffering,

My passion, my comfort, my tribulation.

وخشوعي وخشيتي وخضوعي

وخشوعي وخشيتي وخضوعي

وسقامي وصحتي وضنائي

وسقامي وصحتي وضنائي

And my reverence, my fear, and my submission,

My humility, my fear, my submission,

And my sickness, my health, and my wasting illness.

My sickness, my health, my languishing.

من عذيري ياللهوى من ظلوم

من عذيري ياللهوى من ظلوم

منه دائي وفي يديه دوائي

منه دائي وفي يديه دوائي

Who will defend me, O love, against a cruel one,

My excuse - O love! - for the unjust one,

From whom comes my sickness, and in whose hands lies my cure?

My sickness from him, and in his hands, my remedy.

إن يكن في الغرام بأس لمغرىً

إن يكن في الغرام بأس لمغرىً

فغرامي بخاتم الأنبياء

فغرامي بخاتم الأنبياء

If there is harm in passionate love for one infatuated,

If there is harm in passion for the impassioned one,

Then my love is for the Seal of the Prophets.

Then my passion is for the Seal of the Prophets.