دَعْ حَبِيبَ الْقَلْبِ يَا سَقَمُ

دَعْ حَبِيبَ الْقَلْبِ يَا سَقَمُ

فَبِنَفْسِي لا بِهِ الأَلَمُ

فَبِنَفْسِي لا بِهِ الأَلَمُ

Spare the heart's beloved, O sickness;

Leave off, O sickness, him who is the heart's beloved!

So let the pain be in me, not in him.

For it is I, not he, who feels the pain.

كَيْفَ حَلَّ السُّقْمُ فِي بَدَنٍ

كَيْفَ حَلَّ السُّقْمُ فِي بَدَنٍ

خُلِقَتْ مِنْ حُسْنِهِ النِّعَمُ

خُلِقَتْ مِنْ حُسْنِهِ النِّعَمُ

How has sickness settled in a body

How has sickness come to dwell in a body

From whose beauty blessings were created?

That was created from his perfect grace?

يَا لَهَا مِنْ لَوْعَةٍ شَعَبَتْ

يَا لَهَا مِنْ لَوْعَةٍ شَعَبَتْ

رُكْنَ قَلْبِي وَهْوَ مُلْتَئِمُ

رُكْنَ قَلْبِي وَهْوَ مُلْتَئِمُ

Oh, what burning anguish has split

O what an anguish that has cloven asunder

The pillar of my heart, though it was whole!

The cornerstone of my heart while it was healed!

مَنَعُونِي عَنْ زِيَارَتِهِ

مَنَعُونِي عَنْ زِيَارَتِهِ

وَحِمَى قَلْبِي لَهُ حَرَمُ

وَحِمَى قَلْبِي لَهُ حَرَمُ

They barred me from visiting him,

They have denied me the right to visit him,

Yet my heart's precinct is a sanctuary for him.

Yet my heart's love for him remains inviolate.

حَكَمُوا أَنِّي بِهِ دَنِفٌ

حَكَمُوا أَنِّي بِهِ دَنِفٌ

أَنَا رَاضٍ بِالَّذِي حَكَمُوا

أَنَا رَاضٍ بِالَّذِي حَكَمُوا

They judged that I am lovesick for him;

They have judged that I am evilly disposed to him,

I am content with their judgment.

While I accept what they have judged.

أَوَّلُوا وَجْدِي بِهِ عَبَثاً

أَوَّلُوا وَجْدِي بِهِ عَبَثاً

لَيْتَهُمْ قَالُوا بِمَا عَلِمُوا

لَيْتَهُمْ قَالُوا بِمَا عَلِمُوا

They construed my passion for him as frivolity;

They have falsely deemed my love a madness,

If only they had spoken of what they knew.

Would that they had said what they knew!

أَتْهَمُونِي فِي مَوَدَّتِهِ

أَتْهَمُونِي فِي مَوَدَّتِهِ

وَالْهَوَى مِنْ شَأْنِهِ التُّهَمُ

وَالْهَوَى مِنْ شَأْنِهِ التُّهَمُ

They accused me over my affection for him;

They accuse me of love for him,

And accusations are part of love's nature.

While accusations of love are themselves a madness.

رَبِّ قَنِّعْهُمْ بِفِرْيَتِهِمْ

رَبِّ قَنِّعْهُمْ بِفِرْيَتِهِمْ

وَانْتَصِفْ مِنْهُمْ بِمَا زَعَمُوا

وَانْتَصِفْ مِنْهُمْ بِمَا زَعَمُوا

My Lord, cloak them in their slander,

My Lord, make them content with their lie

And exact justice from them for what they alleged.

And take vengeance on them for what they claimed.

وَاشْفِ نَفْسَاً أَنْتَ بَارِئُهَا

وَاشْفِ نَفْسَاً أَنْتَ بَارِئُهَا

فَإِلَيْكَ الْبُرْءُ وَالسَّقَمُ

فَإِلَيْكَ الْبُرْءُ وَالسَّقَمُ

And heal a soul whose Creator You are;

Heal a soul that You Yourself did create,

For to You belong healing and sickness.

For with You is the one who makes whole or makes sick.