بقلبيَ منكِ الهمُّ والحزنُ والأسى

بقلبيَ منكِ الهمُّ والحزنُ والأسى

وقلبُكِ ما يدري بما أنَا لاقِ

وقلبُكِ ما يدري بما أنَا لاقِ

Because of you, my heart holds worry, sorrow, and grief.

My heart for you carries sorrow, grief, and misery,

And your heart knows nothing of what I face.

While your heart knows not what I endure,

وعندكِ رِقّي والهوى أنتِ كلُّهُ

وعندكِ رِقّي والهوى أنتِ كلُّهُ

ولكنّني عبدٌ مَنَيْتِ إباقي

ولكنّني عبدٌ مَنَيْتِ إباقي

And my bondage is in your keeping; you are love in its entirety.

In you my healing and love abide whole,

But I am a slave whose flight you have decreed.

Yet I, your servant, remain forever captive,

وَما أَنتِ إِلّا فرقةٌ بعد أُلْفَةٍ

وَما أَنتِ إِلّا فرقةٌ بعد أُلْفَةٍ

وإلّا فَإِعراضٌ مكانَ فراقِ

وإلّا فَإِعراضٌ مكانَ فراقِ

And you are nothing but separation after closeness,

For you are but separation after intimacy,

Or else, a turning away in place of parting.

Or turning away where once we were together.