أشَمسَ الدّولةِ اُسمعْ بثَّ شَوقٍ

أشَمسَ الدّولةِ اُسمعْ بثَّ شَوقٍ

يَضيقُ بمثِله ذَرعُ الصّبُورِ

يَضيقُ بمثِله ذَرعُ الصّبُورِ

O Shams al-Dawla, hear the outpouring of a longing

O you who brings sunlight to the state, hear my fervent longing

whose like strains the endurance of the patient.

The like of which tries the patience of the most forbearing

لقد أوحَشْتَ دُنيا كُنتَ أُنسِي

لقد أوحَشْتَ دُنيا كُنتَ أُنسِي

بها وسَلَبْتَني رَغَدَ السّرورِ

بها وسَلَبْتَني رَغَدَ السّرورِ

You have indeed made desolate a world—you were my solace

You have made the world I took comfort in desolate

within it—and robbed me of joy's abundance.

And deprived me of the joy of happiness

إذا ما الشّمسُ لم تظهرْ بأرضٍ

إذا ما الشّمسُ لم تظهرْ بأرضٍ

فما طيبُ الحياةِ بغيرِ نُورِ

فما طيبُ الحياةِ بغيرِ نُورِ

If the sun does not appear in a land,

If the sun does not rise in a land

then what sweetness is there in life without light?

Then life lacks goodness without its light

وإن أصبحتَ في خَلَدِي مُقيماً

وإن أصبحتَ في خَلَدِي مُقيماً

بحيثُ يَجولُ فِكرِي من ضَمِيرِي

بحيثُ يَجولُ فِكرِي من ضَمِيرِي

And though you have come to dwell in my mind,

And if you come to stay in my heart

in that place within my inner self where my thought roams.

Where my thoughts wander in my conscience