من ذا عساه ينجِزُ الموعدا

من ذا عساه ينجِزُ الموعدا

أو يرحم المستهترا المفردا

أو يرحم المستهترا المفردا

Who might fulfill the promise,

Who is it that can fulfill the promise?

Or pity the love-crazed, solitary one—

Or have mercy on the negligent solitary one?

ذاك الذي ملكه طرفهُ

ذاك الذي ملكه طرفهُ

فما يرى العتقَ من استُعبدا

فما يرى العتقَ من استُعبدا

That one whom his gaze has taken captive?

He who is possessed by his whim,

For whoever is enslaved sees no freedom.

So he cannot see liberation though enslaved.

لبيكَ يا دمعي أجب دعوتي

لبيكَ يا دمعي أجب دعوتي

لعل حر البعدِ أن يبردا

لعل حر البعدِ أن يبردا

At your service, O my tears; answer my call,

I respond to you, my tears, answer my call,

Perhaps the heat of separation may cool.

Perhaps the heat of distance will cool down.

يزيدُ في حزني وفي زفرتي

يزيدُ في حزني وفي زفرتي

والوجد أني لم أجِد مسعِدا

والوجد أني لم أجِد مسعِدا

What deepens my sorrow and my sighing

It increases my sorrow and my sigh,

And my yearning is that I have found no comforter.

And the passion that I have not found a confidant.