سَكِرنا بخمرِ الشوقِ والبُعدِ والنوَى

سَكِرنا بخمرِ الشوقِ والبُعدِ والنوَى

لحُسْنِك حتى لا نكادُ نُطيقُ

لحُسْنِك حتى لا نكادُ نُطيقُ

We have grown drunk on the wine of longing, distance, and separation,

We were intoxicated by the wine of longing, separation, and determination

Because of your beauty, until we can scarcely endure.

For your beauty until we could barely endure

فهلْ من مبلغٍ عنا إليكَ برسالةٍ

فهلْ من مبلغٍ عنا إليكَ برسالةٍ

وأَنَّي نُرَجِّى والمكانُ سَحِيقُ

وأَنَّي نُرَجِّى والمكانُ سَحِيقُ

Is there, then, anyone to carry a message from us to you?

Is there any messenger to convey from us a message to you?

And how can we hope, when the place is so far away?

And how can we hope when the place is so distant?

ومن فارقَ الأحبابَ يوماً فإنه

ومن فارقَ الأحبابَ يوماً فإنه

بأسوأ حالٍ بعدهم لحقِيقُ

بأسوأ حالٍ بعدهم لحقِيقُ

And whoever parts from loved ones, even for a day,

Whoever parts from loved ones one day

Is surely bound to be in the worst plight after they are gone.

Will afterwards be in the worst state, truly

ففارقنا من لا يريدُ فِراقنا

ففارقنا من لا يريدُ فِراقنا

وقاربنا من لا نراهُ يَشُوقُ

وقاربنا من لا نراهُ يَشُوقُ

So one who does not wish to part from us has left us,

We parted from one who does not want our separation

And one we find inspires no longing has drawn near to us.

And approached one we do not see, though he yearns