يا سادَةً حُمِّلتُ مِن بَعدِهِم

يا سادَةً حُمِّلتُ مِن بَعدِهِم

أَكثَرَ مِن عَهدي وَمِن طَوقي

أَكثَرَ مِن عَهدي وَمِن طَوقي

O my lords, after they departed I was burdened

O masters, after whose departure I was made to bear

beyond all I had known, beyond my power to bear.

More than I was used to, and more than I could endure.

أَصبَحتُ كَالوَرقاءِ في مَدحِكُم

أَصبَحتُ كَالوَرقاءِ في مَدحِكُم

لَمّا غَدا إِنعامُكُم طَوقي

لَمّا غَدا إِنعامُكُم طَوقي

I became like the ringdove, singing your praise,

I have become like the gray dove in praising you,

when your bounty became the collar around my neck.

When your bounty became my collar.

إِنَّ حَواسي الخَمسَ مُذ غِبتُمُ

إِنَّ حَواسي الخَمسَ مُذ غِبتُمُ

إِلَيكُمُ في غايَةِ الشَوقِ

إِلَيكُمُ في غايَةِ الشَوقِ

Indeed, since you have been absent, my five senses

Indeed, my five senses, ever since you left,

are at the utmost pitch of longing for you.

Are at the height of longing for you.

تَحلونَ في عَيني وَسَمعي وَفي

تَحلونَ في عَيني وَسَمعي وَفي

لَمسي وَفي شَمّي وَفي ذَوقي

لَمسي وَفي شَمّي وَفي ذَوقي

You are sweet to my eye and my hearing, and to

You are sweet to my sight and hearing, and to

my touch, my smell, and my taste.

My touch, and to my smell, and to my taste.

كَذا جِهاتي السِتُّ مِن بَعدِكُم

كَذا جِهاتي السِتُّ مِن بَعدِكُم

مَملوءَةٌ مِن لا عِجِ الشَوقِ

مَملوءَةٌ مِن لا عِجِ الشَوقِ

So too, since your departure, my six directions

Likewise, my six directions, since your departure,

are filled with the searing pang of longing:

Are filled with the searing ache of longing:

خَلفي وَقُدّامي وَيُمنايَ وَيُس

خَلفي وَقُدّامي وَيُمنايَ وَيُس

رايَ وَمِن تَحتي وَمِن فَوقي

رايَ وَمِن تَحتي وَمِن فَوقي

behind me, before me, on my right, and on my—

Behind me, before me, to my right, and to my left-

—left, beneath me, and above me.

hand side, and beneath me, and above me.