هيْهَات أَنْ أَسْلوَ أَوْ أَنْسَى

هيْهَات أَنْ أَسْلوَ أَوْ أَنْسَى

مَنْ كَان طِيبَ العيْسِ وَالأُنْسَا

مَنْ كَان طِيبَ العيْسِ وَالأُنْسَا

Never could I find solace or forget

Alas! I can neither forget nor give up

Him who was life's sweetness and companionship.

The one whose company was pleasant and delightful,

ذَاكَ الَّذِي أَسْكنْتُهُ مُهْجَتِي

ذَاكَ الَّذِي أَسْكنْتُهُ مُهْجَتِي

وَكَانَ بَدْرَ العَيْنِ وَالشمْسَا

وَكَانَ بَدْرَ العَيْنِ وَالشمْسَا

That one whom I lodged in my heart's core,

He who dwelt in the depths of my soul

Who was the eye's full moon and the sun.

And was the full moon and sun to my eyes.

أَهْوَى الَّذِي يَهْوَى وَأَقْلَى الَّذِي

أَهْوَى الَّذِي يَهْوَى وَأَقْلَى الَّذِي

يَقْلَى وَأُرْسِى حَيْثُمَا أَرْسَى

يَقْلَى وَأُرْسِى حَيْثُمَا أَرْسَى

I love whom he loves, and loathe whom

I love him who loves me, I meet whom I meet,

He loathes, and anchor wherever he anchored.

I alight wherever he alights.

عَامَانِ مَرَّا بِي وَتَاللّهِ مَا

عَامَانِ مَرَّا بِي وَتَاللّهِ مَا

عِشْتهُمَا مَعْنىً ولاَ حِسا

عِشْتهُمَا مَعْنىً ولاَ حِسا

Two years passed me by, and by God I did not

Two years passed while I was with him, by God

Live them in spirit or in sense.

I lived not their meaning nor felt their pleasure,

نفْسَانِ لَكِنَّهمَا كَانَتَا

نفْسَانِ لَكِنَّهمَا كَانَتَا

فِي كُلِّ مَا يُرْضِي العُلَى نفْسا

فِي كُلِّ مَا يُرْضِي العُلَى نفْسا

Two souls, yet they were

Only our souls, which were in everything

In all that pleases nobility, one soul.

That satisfies the Sublime Soul.

لَمْ تَدعَا زَيْناً وَلَمْ تُزْمِعَا

لَمْ تَدعَا زَيْناً وَلَمْ تُزْمِعَا

شَيْئاً وَلَمْ تَنْتَجِعَا رِجْسَا

شَيْئاً وَلَمْ تَنْتَجِعَا رِجْسَا

They forsook no beauty, nor did they resolve

They left no allure unadorned, gathered

On anything, nor did they seek defilement.

No filth, retrieved no wickedness.

اللّهَ فِي عَهدِكَ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ

اللّهَ فِي عَهدِكَ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ

أَضْحَى عَلَى العَهْدِ كَمَا أَمْسَى

أَضْحَى عَلَى العَهْدِ كَمَا أَمْسَى

God bless your fidelity, O best of those

By God, in your covenant, O best of those

Who kept their pledge by day as at evening.

Who have been true to their word at eventide!

اللّهَ فِي بَأْسِكِ يا مَنْ بِمَا

اللّهَ فِي بَأْسِكِ يا مَنْ بِمَا

أَمْضَاهُ عَدْلاً شَرَّفَ الْبَأْسَا

أَمْضَاهُ عَدْلاً شَرَّفَ الْبَأْسَا

God bless your valor, O you who, through what

By God, in your might, O you who by your

You carried out justly, ennobled valor.

Decree has ennobled might!

اللّهَ فِي حِلْمِكَ يَا مَنْ بِهِ

اللّهَ فِي حِلْمِكَ يَا مَنْ بِهِ

أَلاَنَ قَلْبَ الأَصْلَدِ الأَقْسَى

أَلاَنَ قَلْبَ الأَصْلَدِ الأَقْسَى

God bless your forbearance, O you who with it

By God, in your clemency, O you who by it

Softened the heart of the hardest, harshest man.

Has softened the rugged, flinty heart!

اللّهَ فِي جَوْدِكَ يَا مَنْ سَخَا

اللّهَ فِي جَوْدِكَ يَا مَنْ سَخَا

فَلَمْ يَذَرْ فِي جَوِّهِ بُؤْسَا

فَلَمْ يَذَرْ فِي جَوِّهِ بُؤْسَا

God bless your generosity, O you who gave freely

By God, in your generosity, O you who freely gave

And left no misery in your surroundings.

And left no need in his generosity!

لَوْلاَ عُفَاةٌ جَهَرُوا بِالَّذِي

لَوْلاَ عُفَاةٌ جَهَرُوا بِالَّذِي

كَتَمْتَ لَمْ نَسْمَعْ لَهُ جَرَسَا

كَتَمْتَ لَمْ نَسْمَعْ لَهُ جَرَسَا

Had not seekers of your bounty proclaimed what

Had it not been for some loudmouths who disclosed

You concealed, we would have heard no sound of it.

What you concealed, we'd not have heard a peep.

جَرَحْتَ قلْبِي آخِذاً شَطْرَهُ

جَرَحْتَ قلْبِي آخِذاً شَطْرَهُ

فَالجُرْحُ فِي بَاقِيهِ لاَ يُؤْسَى

فَالجُرْحُ فِي بَاقِيهِ لاَ يُؤْسَى

You wounded my heart, taking half of it;

You have wounded my heart, taking its moiety,

So the wound in what remains cannot be healed.

So the wound in the rest cannot be healed.

عَلَيْكَ يُبْكَى يَا أَمِيرَ النَّدَى

عَلَيْكَ يُبْكَى يَا أَمِيرَ النَّدَى

علَيْكَ يا زَيْنَ الحِمَى يُؤْسَى

علَيْكَ يا زَيْنَ الحِمَى يُؤْسَى

You are wept for, O prince of bounty;

For you tears are shed, O Prince of Dew,

You are mourned, O adornment of the homeland.

For you, O Pride of the Sanctuary, tears flow.

كنْتَ لَهُ طالِعَ سَعْدٍ فَإِذْ

كنْتَ لَهُ طالِعَ سَعْدٍ فَإِذْ

غِبْتَ غَدَا طَالِعُهُ نَحْسَا

غِبْتَ غَدَا طَالِعُهُ نَحْسَا

You were its rising star of good fortune; and when

You were to him a rising star of fortune, but when

You vanished, its rising star became ill-omened.

You departed his rising star turned to ill luck.

لِيَهْنِيءِ الأَمْلاَكَ فِي خُلْدِهِمْ

لِيَهْنِيءِ الأَمْلاَكَ فِي خُلْدِهِمْ

مَنْ بِنَوَاهُ أَوْحَشَ الإِنْسَا

مَنْ بِنَوَاهُ أَوْحَشَ الإِنْسَا

May the angels in their eternal abode be gladdened by

To gladden the angels in their eternity

Him whose departure left humankind desolate.

With one whose loss has saddened mankind.