ياO أَيُّهاyou النازِحُthe one gone away الشَسوعُthe far-distant one
يا أَيُّها النازِحُ الشَسوعُ
وَدائِعُthings entrusted القَلبِthe heart لاnot تَضيعُare lost
وَدائِعُ القَلبِ لا تَضيعُ
O you who have gone far, far away,
O you the ardent displaced one
The heart's trusts are never lost.
The deposits of the heart do not go astray
أَستَودِعُI entrust اللَهَGod مَنthe one إِلَيهِto him
أَستَودِعُ اللَهَ مَن إِلَيهِ
قَلبيmy heart عَلىdespite نَأيِهِhis distance نَزوعُyearning
قَلبي عَلى نَأيِهِ نَزوعُ
I entrust to God the one toward whom
I entrust Allah with those towards whom
My heart yearns, despite his distance.
My heart, in its remoteness, yearns
إِذاwhen تَذَكَّرتُهُI remember him اِستَهَلَّتpoured forth
إِذا تَذَكَّرتُهُ اِستَهَلَّت
شَوقاًout of longing إِلىfor وَجهِهِhis face الدُموعُthe tears
شَوقاً إِلى وَجهِهِ الدُموعُ
When I remember him, there pour forth
When I remember him, tears
Tears of longing for his face.
Of yearning for his face flow forth