يا من توعدني بصدِّه

يا من توعدني بصدِّه

ورَمى الفؤادَ بطولِ وجدِه

ورَمى الفؤادَ بطولِ وجدِه

O you who threatened me with your rejection,

O you who promised me your rejection

And struck the heart with its prolonged yearning,

And pierced this heart with prolonged yearning

ما هكذا يا من تَمل

ما هكذا يا من تَمل

لَكَ يفعلُ المولى بعبدِه

لَكَ يفعلُ المولى بعبدِه

Not so, O you who have taken—

It's not like you, O perfection

—possession, does a master treat his slave.

For God acts not this way with His servants

لا مت يا من لامني

لا مت يا من لامني

في كلِّ حالاتي بجهدِه

في كلِّ حالاتي بجهدِه

May I not die, O you who reproached me

Do not blame me, O you who blamed me

In all my states, with all your might,

In all my states with your harshness

حتى أراهُ معانقي

حتى أراهُ معانقي

متبسطاً خدّي بخدِه

متبسطاً خدّي بخدِه

Until I see him embracing me,

Until I see you embracing me

Laying my cheek against his.

With your cheek laid against mine