حَيِّ رَبعاً أَقوى وَرَسماً مُحيلا

حَيِّ رَبعاً أَقوى وَرَسماً مُحيلا

وَعِراصاً أَمسَت لِهِندٍ مُثولا

وَعِراصاً أَمسَت لِهِندٍ مُثولا

Salute a deserted dwelling and a weathered trace,

Revive a quarter stronger in form

And Hind's courtyards, still standing in view.

And ruins that became for India a dwelling

فَعَفا الدَهرُ وَالزَمانُ عَلَيها

فَعَفا الدَهرُ وَالزَمانُ عَلَيها

وَأَجالَت بِها الرِياحُ ذُيولا

وَأَجالَت بِها الرِياحُ ذُيولا

Then age and time wore them away,

Time has pardoned it

And the winds swept their trailing skirts across them.

And the winds have swept it with their trails

لَستُ أَنسى مِنها عَشيَّةَ رُحنا

لَستُ أَنسى مِنها عَشيَّةَ رُحنا

قَولَها عُج عَلَيَّ مِنكَ قَليلا

قَولَها عُج عَلَيَّ مِنكَ قَليلا

I do not forget what I heard from her the evening we departed:

I do not forget an evening we departed

Her words: 'Turn aside to me for a little while,

Her saying "Stay with me a little" pained me

أَقضِ مِن لَذَّتي وَأَعهَدُ إِنّي

أَقضِ مِن لَذَّتي وَأَعهَدُ إِنّي

لا أَرى ذا الصُدودَ مِنكَ جَميلا

لا أَرى ذا الصُدودَ مِنكَ جَميلا

So I may have my share of pleasure; and I know that I

Fulfill my pleasure and trust I

Do not find this aloofness of yours fair.

Do not see such aloofness from you beautiful

وَأَجِبني وَأَنتَ أَوجَدُ شَيءٍ

وَأَجِبني وَأَنتَ أَوجَدُ شَيءٍ

وَلَكَ الوُدُّ خالِصاً مَبذولا

وَلَكَ الوُدُّ خالِصاً مَبذولا

And answer me, even at your angriest;

Answer me while you are most able

And yours is love, pure and freely given.

For you is sincere love given

وَلَكَ الوُدُّ دائِماً ما بَقينا

وَلَكَ الوُدُّ دائِماً ما بَقينا

قاطِعاً بَعدُ كُنتَ لي أَو وَصولا

قاطِعاً بَعدُ كُنتَ لي أَو وَصولا

And yours is love, always, as long as we live,

For you is lasting love what remains of us

Whether afterward you break with me or remain close.

Whether later you were to me united or separated

ما تَحَرَّيتُ إِذ عَصَيتُ وَلَكِن

ما تَحَرَّيتُ إِذ عَصَيتُ وَلَكِن

قُلتُ ما قُلتُ فَاِعلَمَن تَعديلا

قُلتُ ما قُلتُ فَاِعلَمَن تَعديلا

I did not act deliberately when I disobeyed; rather,

I did not intend when I disobeyed but

I said what I said—know this—to set things right.

I said what I said so know my amending

فَاِقبَلِ اليَومَ ما أَتاكَ بِشُكرٍ

فَاِقبَلِ اليَومَ ما أَتاكَ بِشُكرٍ

لا تَكُنَنَّ لِلخَليلِ مَلولا

لا تَكُنَنَّ لِلخَليلِ مَلولا

So accept gratefully today what has come to you;

So accept today what came to you in gratitude

Never be quick to tire of your beloved.'

Do not be to the intimate disaffected