هَلّا اِرعَوَيتِ فَتَرحَمي صَبّا

هَلّا اِرعَوَيتِ فَتَرحَمي صَبّا

صَديانَ لَم تَدَعي لَهُ قَلبا

صَديانَ لَم تَدَعي لَهُ قَلبا

Will you not relent and pity a lovesick man,

Will you not have mercy, morning breeze?

parched, whom you have left without a heart?

You left no heart for this devoted lover.

لا تَحسَبي حَظّاً خَصَصتِ بِهِ

لا تَحسَبي حَظّاً خَصَصتِ بِهِ

رَجُلاً سَلَبتِ فُؤادَهُ غَصبا

رَجُلاً سَلَبتِ فُؤادَهُ غَصبا

Do not think you have granted good fortune

Think not I've gained when I took by force

to a man whose heart you seized by force.

A man whose heart you had already robbed.

جَشِمَ الزِيارَةَ عَن مَوَدَّتِكُم

جَشِمَ الزِيارَةَ عَن مَوَدَّتِكُم

فَأَرادَ أَن لا تَحقَدي ذَنبا

فَأَرادَ أَن لا تَحقَدي ذَنبا

He endured the hardship of visiting out of love for you,

He shunned visiting, resenting your love,

so he wished you would hold no offense against him.

Wishing you'd bear no grudge for his sin.

وَرَجا مُصالَحَةً فَكانَ لَكُم

وَرَجا مُصالَحَةً فَكانَ لَكُم

سِلماً وَكُنتِ تَرَينَهُ حَربا

سِلماً وَكُنتِ تَرَينَهُ حَربا

And he hoped for reconciliation, and to you he was

He sought peace, submitting himself to you,

peace, though you saw him as war.

Though you saw him always a foe in war.

يا أَيُّها المُصفى مَوَدَّتَهُ

يا أَيُّها المُصفى مَوَدَّتَهُ

مَن لا يَزالُ مُسامِتاً خِطبا

مَن لا يَزالُ مُسامِتاً خِطبا

O you who devote your sincere affection

O you whose love is pure, blame him not

to one who is forever facing a suitor,

If he importunes you with constant plea.

لا تَجعَلَن أَحَداً عَلَيكَ إِذا

لا تَجعَلَن أَحَداً عَلَيكَ إِذا

أَحبَبتَهُ وَهَوَيتَهُ رَبّا

أَحبَبتَهُ وَهَوَيتَهُ رَبّا

never set anyone over you, when

Let no one come between if you love one,

you love and desire him, as a lord.

Making him the lord of your soul sincere.

وَصِلِ الحَبيبَ إِذا كَلِفتَ بِهِ

وَصِلِ الحَبيبَ إِذا كَلِفتَ بِهِ

وَاِطوِ الزِيارَةَ دونَهُ غِبّا

وَاِطوِ الزِيارَةَ دونَهُ غِبّا

And keep ties with the beloved when you are enamored of him,

Visit your beloved, though busy you be,

and hold back from visiting him on alternate days.

Rather than stay from him long absentee.

فَلَذاكَ خَيرٌ مِن مُواظَبَةٍ

فَلَذاكَ خَيرٌ مِن مُواظَبَةٍ

لَيسَت تَزيدُكَ عِندَهُ قُربا

لَيسَت تَزيدُكَ عِندَهُ قُربا

For that is surely better than constant visiting,

For that is better than frequenting

which does not bring you closer to him.

One who gains no intimacy thereby.

لا بَل يَمَلُّكَ حينَ تَطلُبُهُ

لا بَل يَمَلُّكَ حينَ تَطلُبُهُ

فَيَقولُ هاهَ وَطالَما لَبّى

فَيَقولُ هاهَ وَطالَما لَبّى

No—rather, he tires of you when you seek him,

Nay, he will soon weary if you pursue,

so he says, 'Huh?'—though so often he answered your call.

Saying, “Enough! How often have you sued!"