بيني وبين النوى دخل فان صدعت

بيني وبين النوى دخل فان صدعت

شملي فعندي تفويض وتسليم

شملي فعندي تفويض وتسليم

Between me and separation lies discord; if it has shattered

Between me and the love, a separation intervened, so if

my union, I entrust my affairs and submit.

My unity is broken, I have authorization and submission,

وان تكن نثرت سلكي فما عدلت

وان تكن نثرت سلكي فما عدلت

فان سلك رجائي فيك منظوم

فان سلك رجائي فيك منظوم

And if it has scattered my strand, it has not acted justly;

And if my rope is scattered, I do not straighten it out,

for the strand of my hope in you remains strung.

For the rope of my hope in you is rhythmic.

سقياً لعهد خليل لست أذكره

سقياً لعهد خليل لست أذكره

إلا حننت كما قد حنت الريم

إلا حننت كما قد حنت الريم

May rain bless the days of a dear friend, whom I never recall

I do not remember the covenant of the beloved except I yearn

without yearning, as the white gazelle has yearned.

As the speckled one yearned.

مهما تنسمت من تلقائه نفساً

مهما تنسمت من تلقائه نفساً

شوقاً تحدر من عيني تنسيم

شوقاً تحدر من عيني تنسيم

Whenever I draw a breath from his direction,

No matter how much I inhale his spontaneity eagerly,

out of longing, a gentle breath streams down from my eyes.

A longing drips from my eyes gently.

فالنفس من بعده جمرٌ له صفةٌ

فالنفس من بعده جمرٌ له صفةٌ

ميم وواوٌ وجيم بعدها جيم

ميم وواوٌ وجيم بعدها جيم

So the soul, after his departure, is an ember with a description:

So the soul after him is embers that have his attributes,

Mīm and wāw and jīm, with jīm after it.

Meem, Waw, and Jeem after which is Jeem.

عسى الليالي والأيام تجمعنا

عسى الليالي والأيام تجمعنا

إن أنصف الدهر والانصاف معدوم

إن أنصف الدهر والانصاف معدوم

May the nights and days bring us together,

May the nights and days bring us together,

if Time acts fairly—yet fairness is nowhere to be found.

If fate is fair, though fairness is nonexistent.