يا موسِعي جَفوَةً وَصَدّا

يا موسِعي جَفوَةً وَصَدّا

قَد ضاقَ بِالبُعدِ عَنكَ ذَرعي

قَد ضاقَ بِالبُعدِ عَنكَ ذَرعي

O you who lavish coldness and rejection on me,

O you who have been ungenerous and aloof,

Separation from you has indeed exhausted my endurance.

My patience has been exhausted by separation from you.

أَنتَ حَبيبٌ لِكُلِّ نَفسٍ

أَنتَ حَبيبٌ لِكُلِّ نَفسٍ

وَكلِّ حِسٍّ وَكُلِّ طَبعِ

وَكلِّ حِسٍّ وَكُلِّ طَبعِ

You are dear to every soul,

You are a beloved to every soul,

and every sense, and every temperament.

And to every sense and every nature.

قَد فاتَني مِنكَ حَظُّ عَيني

قَد فاتَني مِنكَ حَظُّ عَيني

فَلا تَدَعني في حَظِّ سَمعي

فَلا تَدَعني في حَظِّ سَمعي

My eye has indeed lost its share of you;

I have missed seeing you,

so do not deny my hearing its share.

So do not deprive me of hearing you.

كُنتُ إِذا مَلَّني حَبيبٌ

كُنتُ إِذا مَلَّني حَبيبٌ

أَنجَدَني بِالبُكاءِ دَمعي

أَنجَدَني بِالبُكاءِ دَمعي

Whenever a beloved grew weary of me,

Whenever a lover wearied me,

my tears would come to my aid through weeping.

My tears would come to my aid.

مَن لي بِهَطّالَةٍ هَتونٍ

مَن لي بِهَطّالَةٍ هَتونٍ

أَبكي بِها طاقَتي وَوُسعي

أَبكي بِها طاقَتي وَوُسعي

Who will grant me a copious, ceaseless downpour,

Who can lend me a long, whining cry,

with which to weep with all my strength and power

With which to bewail my power and means?

عَلى أُناسٍ بانوا وَكانوا

عَلى أُناسٍ بانوا وَكانوا

ذُخري لِيَومي ضُرّي وَنَفعي

ذُخري لِيَومي ضُرّي وَنَفعي

for people who departed and once were

Over people who were and are

my reserve for days of adversity and prosperity?

My riches on my day of trouble and benefit.

فَلَيتَ شِعري بِأَيِّ حُكمٍ

فَلَيتَ شِعري بِأَيِّ حُكمٍ

يَاِبنَ عَلِيٍّ وَأَيِّ شَرعِ

يَاِبنَ عَلِيٍّ وَأَيِّ شَرعِ

Would that I knew by what ruling,

I wonder by what law,

O son of Ali, and by what law,

O son of Ali, and which sacred text,

سَوَّغتَ بَعدَ الوِصالِ هَجري

سَوَّغتَ بَعدَ الوِصالِ هَجري

عَمداً وَبَعدَ العَطاءِ مَنعي

عَمداً وَبَعدَ العَطاءِ مَنعي

you sanctioned forsaking me after union,

You made my estrangement deliberate after union

deliberately—and denying me after giving.

And withholding after giving.

فَاِرعَ عُهودَ الإِخاءِ وَاِكرِم

فَاِرعَ عُهودَ الإِخاءِ وَاِكرِم

أَخاكَ عَن جَفوَةٍ وَقَطعِ

أَخاكَ عَن جَفوَةٍ وَقَطعِ

So keep the pledges of brotherhood, and spare

So be true to the pacts of brotherhood and honor

your brother coldness and severance.

Your brother, beyond aloofness and separation.

لا تَنسَ أَيّامَنا بِسَلعٍ

لا تَنسَ أَيّامَنا بِسَلعٍ

لِلَّهِ أَيّامُنا بِسَلعِ

لِلَّهِ أَيّامُنا بِسَلعِ

Do not forget our days at Salʿ;

Do not forget our days in Sala',

God, what days we had at Salʿ!

By Allah, those days of ours in Sala'.

وَنادِ بِاِسمي في كُلِّ نادٍ

وَنادِ بِاِسمي في كُلِّ نادٍ

مُستَوحِشاً لي وَكُلِّ جَمعِ

مُستَوحِشاً لي وَكُلِّ جَمعِ

And call out my name in every assembly,

And call my name in every assembly,

missing me—and in every gathering.

As one who misses me and all company,

وَاِشفِ بِلُقياكَ ما بِقَلبي

وَاِشفِ بِلُقياكَ ما بِقَلبي

لِلشَوقِ مِن حَرقَةٍ وَلَذعِ

لِلشَوقِ مِن حَرقَةٍ وَلَذعِ

And heal, through our meeting, what lies in my heart

And cure with seeing you what is in my heart

of burning and stinging caused by longing.

Of burning and agony from yearning.

فَما أَراهُ يَزورُ قَبري

فَما أَراهُ يَزورُ قَبري

مَن لَم يَزُر في الحَياةِ رَبعي

مَن لَم يَزُر في الحَياةِ رَبعي

For I do not expect him to visit my grave—

I reckon none will visit my grave,

one who never visited my dwelling in life.

Who did not visit my abode in life.