بَدر تَبارك باري الخَلق مُبدعهُ

بَدر تَبارك باري الخَلق مُبدعهُ

عَنّي نَأى وَسويدا القَلب مطلعُهُ

عَنّي نَأى وَسويدا القَلب مطلعُهُ

A full moon—blessed is the Maker of creation, who fashioned him!

The full moon blessed the Creator of existence, its Originator

He has gone far from me, yet the heart's innermost core is his rising-place.

It distanced itself from me, while my heart is its place of emergence

ما أَنسَ لا أَنسَ قَولي إِذ أودّعهُ

ما أَنسَ لا أَنسَ قَولي إِذ أودّعهُ

يا راحِلاً وَجَميل الصَبر يتبعهُ

يا راحِلاً وَجَميل الصَبر يتبعهُ

Whatever I forget, I will not forget my words as I bade him farewell:

Neither forgets nor forgets my words when bidding it farewell

O departing one, whom gracious patience follows,

O you who travel on, with beautiful patience following it

هَل مِن سَبيل إِلى لُقياك يَتّفِقُ

هَل مِن سَبيل إِلى لُقياك يَتّفِقُ

ما حيلَتي وَدُموع العَين هاميةٌ

ما حيلَتي وَدُموع العَين هاميةٌ

Might there be any way to meet you?

Is there any way to meet you that may coincide?

What recourse have I, while the eye's tears pour down,

I have no stratagem, while the tears of my eyes are ardently falling

وَأبحر الوَجد وَالأَشجان طاميَة

وَأبحر الوَجد وَالأَشجان طاميَة

يا غائِباً عَن عُيوني وَهي باكيةٌ

يا غائِباً عَن عُيوني وَهي باكيةٌ

And the seas of longing and sorrow overflow?

And the sea of passion and sorrows is swelling

O you absent from my eyes while they weep,

O you who are absent from my eyes while they are weeping

ما أَنصفتك دُموعي وَهيَ دامية

ما أَنصفتك دُموعي وَهيَ دامية

وَلا وَفى لَكَ قَلبي وَهوَ يَحتَرِقُ

وَلا وَفى لَكَ قَلبي وَهوَ يَحتَرِقُ

My tears have not done you justice, though they are bloodstained,

My tears have not been fair to you while they are ceaselessly flowing

Nor has my heart fulfilled its duty to you, though it burns.

Nor has my heart been true to you while it is burning