يا مَن إِذا عُقَدُ الهِجرانِ ما حَلّا

يا مَن إِذا عُقَدُ الهِجرانِ ما حَلّا

الوَصلُ دينٌ مؤجّلٌ وَالأَجل حَلّا

الوَصلُ دينٌ مؤجّلٌ وَالأَجل حَلّا

O you who never untie estrangement’s knots once they are tied,

Oh Lord to whom, when the bonds of estrangement bind us fast

Reunion is a deferred debt, and its due date has arrived.

Reunion deferred is a debt which at last falls due

يا مَن رضابُهُ بِنَقطهِ لِلبحارِ حَلّى

يا مَن رضابُهُ بِنَقطهِ لِلبحارِ حَلّى

اِرحَم مُعنّاكَ الّذي هَجرك طَحَن عَظمه

اِرحَم مُعنّاكَ الّذي هَجرك طَحَن عَظمه

O you whose saliva has sweetened the seas with its drops,

Oh Lord whose every signet-ring stamps the ocean a seal

Have mercy on your tormented lover, whose bones your desertion has ground down,

Have mercy on him whom estrangement from You has crushed in spirit

وَقَطَّعَ العزمَ مِنهُ وَالقوى حَلّا

وَقَطَّعَ العزمَ مِنهُ وَالقوى حَلّا

And torn his resolve apart and sapped his strength.

And broken in strength and resolve.