بروحي التي أسعى اليها بمهجتي

بروحي التي أسعى اليها بمهجتي

وبحرمِ جسمي عن مساع أعدها

وبحرمِ جسمي عن مساع أعدها

My soul for her whom I seek with my heart's blood,

With my soul that I strive towards with my innermost being,

And with my body barred from endeavors I count.

And with the sanctity of my body from which I have refrained,

فؤادي لها شوقي إليها أنا بها

فؤادي لها شوقي إليها أنا بها

وتذكارها عندي وشكواي عندها

وتذكارها عندي وشكواي عندها

My heart is hers, my longing is for her; through her I exist.

My heart longs for it, my passion is for it, I exist through it,

And remembrance of her is with me, and my lament with her.

And the memory of it is with me, while my lament is with it.

وإني لأولى بالمساعي لو أنها

وإني لأولى بالمساعي لو أنها

صروفٌ أعانيها والقى أشدها

صروفٌ أعانيها والقى أشدها

And surely I am worthier of endeavors, were they

Though I am most deserving of striving, if only

Turns of fate I endure, and confront the harshest of them.

It were difficulties I endured and met head-on.

ولكنها الأيامُ تأبى اجتماعنا

ولكنها الأيامُ تأبى اجتماعنا

فبالطيف مولاتي تشرف عبدها

فبالطيف مولاتي تشرف عبدها

But they—the days—refuse our meeting,

But time refuses our coming together,

So through a dream-vision my lady honors her servant.

So with an apparition my mistress honours her servant.

كذا أختها الكبرى لعباد ضوئها

كذا أختها الكبرى لعباد ضوئها

تجيءُ ولو راموا المساعي عندها

تجيءُ ولو راموا المساعي عندها

Likewise her elder sister, to the worshippers of her light,

Thus too her elder sister, to those whose light is their worship,

Comes, even if they seek endeavors in her presence.

Comes even if they shun all effort towards her.