أناديكَ يا قلبُ مذ ودعوا

أناديكَ يا قلبُ مذ ودعوا

فما لي أنادي ولا تسمعُ

فما لي أنادي ولا تسمعُ

I have been calling you, O heart, since they bade farewell;

I call upon you, O heart, since they departed,

So why do I call while you do not hear?

Yet why should I call when you do not hear?

أما أنتَ أخضعتني للهوى

أما أنتَ أخضعتني للهوى

وما كنتُ لولا الهوى أخضعُ

وما كنتُ لولا الهوى أخضعُ

Was it not you who made me submit to love?

Did you not submit me to passion’s rule?

And but for love, I would never have submitted.

Without passion, I'd never so submit.

أما قد أطعتكَ في حبهِ

أما قد أطعتكَ في حبهِ

وكنتُ لهُ العبدُ بل أطوعُ

وكنتُ لهُ العبدُ بل أطوعُ

Have I not obeyed you in loving him,

Did you not obey it in its love?

And been his slave—nay, more obedient still?

To it was I obedient, even more obedient.

ألم ائتمنكَ على أضلعي

ألم ائتمنكَ على أضلعي

وكانتْ مغانيكَ الأضلعُ

وكانتْ مغانيكَ الأضلعُ

Did I not entrust you with my ribs?

Did I not entrust you with my ribs?

And my ribs were your dwelling places.

And were not its songs your ribs?

أما أنتَ بيتُ حياتي وهلْ

أما أنتَ بيتُ حياتي وهلْ

لنفسي من بعدها مطمعُ

لنفسي من بعدها مطمعُ

Are you not the home of my life? And is there

Are you not the house of my life? What else

Any hope for my soul beyond that life?

After it could my soul covet?

وكنتُ أظنكَ لي راجعاً

وكنتُ أظنكَ لي راجعاً

فما لكَ يا قلبُ لا ترجعُ

فما لكَ يا قلبُ لا ترجعُ

And I thought you would return to me;

I thought you would come back to me,

So why, O heart, do you not return?

So why, O heart, do you not return?

أما والذي في يدهِ القلوبُ

أما والذي في يدهِ القلوبُ

فأنى ذكرتُ اسمهُ تدمعُ

فأنى ذكرتُ اسمهُ تدمعُ

Indeed, by the one in whose hand are hearts,

By Him in Whose hand are the hearts,

Whenever I mention his name, you weep.

When I speak His name, you weep,

ويسرعُ في خاطري ذكرهُ

ويسرعُ في خاطري ذكرهُ

ودمعيَ من ذكرهِ أسرعُ

ودمعيَ من ذكرهِ أسرعُ

And the thought of him races through my mind,

And the thought of Him quickens within me,

And my tears are swifter than the thought of him.

At the thought of Him, my tears flow fast.

وقد غادرتْني النوى بعدهُ

وقد غادرتْني النوى بعدهُ

إذا وصفوا لي النوى أجزعُ

إذا وصفوا لي النوى أجزعُ

And separation, since his departure, has left me—

The beloveds have left me after Him,

When they describe separation to me, I grow distraught—

If they describe them, I panic.

نحيل كأنيَ من خصرهِ

نحيل كأنيَ من خصرهِ

ولكنني دونهُ الموجعُ

ولكنني دونهُ الموجعُ

Thin, as though I were part of his waist;

I have grown thin, as though from His waist,

But unlike him, I am the one in pain.

Yet beyond Him I suffer.

وقد حسبوني طيفَ الخيالِ

وقد حسبوني طيفَ الخيالِ

لولا الوسادةُ والمضجعُ

لولا الوسادةُ والمضجعُ

And they would have thought me a phantom of imagination,

They suppose me a phantom of dream's form

Were it not for the pillow and the bed.

Were it not for pillow and bed.

فيا ظبيُ كيفَ أسلتَ الحشا

فيا ظبيُ كيفَ أسلتَ الحشا

وكنتَ بوادي الحشااترتعُ

وكنتَ بوادي الحشااترتعُ

So, O gazelle, how did you melt my heart,

O gazelle, how did you roam the wilderness?

When you used to graze in the valley of my heart?

You used to graze among the wild shrubs.

ويا بدرُ كيفَ صعدتَ الفؤاد

ويا بدرُ كيفَ صعدتَ الفؤاد

وكنتَ بآفاقهِ تطلعُ

وكنتَ بآفاقهِ تطلعُ

And O full moon, how did you ascend the heart,

O moon, how did you rise in my heart?

When you used to rise on its horizons?

You used to rise on its horizons.

أقامَ بموضعِ قلبي الأسى

أقامَ بموضعِ قلبي الأسى

فلو عادَ لم يسعِ الموضعُ

فلو عادَ لم يسعِ الموضعُ

Sorrow has settled in the place of my heart;

Sorrow has lodged in my heart's place,

So, were it to return, the place would not hold it.

If it returns, there'll be no room.