Yā ḥādī sir ruwaydā

يَا حَادِي سِرْ رُوَيْدًا
وَانْشُدْ أَمَامَ الرَّكْبِ
فِي الرَّكْبِ لِي غُرِيبٌ
أَخَذُوا مَعَهُمْ قَلْبِي
مَنْ لِي إِذَا أَخَذُوا لِي قَلْبِي
شَتَّتُونِي فِي الْبَوَادِي
أَخَذُوا مِنِّي فُؤَادِي
مَنْ لِي إِذَا أَخَذُوا لِي قَلْبِي
رِفْقًا رِفْقًا بِي يَا حَادِي
رِفْقًا رِفْقًا بِفُؤَادِي
مَنْ لِي إِذَا أَخَذُوا لِي قَلْبِي
وَتَأَدَّبْ فِي حِمَاهُمْ
لَا وَلَا تَعْشَقْ سِوَاهُمْ
فَهُمُ هُمُ الشِّفَاء لِقَلْبِي

Yā ḥādī sir ruwaydan
Wanshud amāma ar-rakbi
Fī ar-rakbi lī gharībun
Akhadhū maʿahum qalbī
Man lī idhā akhadhū lī qalbī
Shattatūnī fī al-bawādī
Akhadhū minnī fuʾādī
Man lī idhā akhadhū lī qalbī
Rifqan rifqan bī yā ḥādī
Rifqan bifuʾādī
Man lī idhā akhadhū lī qalbī
Wataʾaddab fī ḥimāhum
Lā walā taʿshaq siwāhum
Fahum humu ash-shifāʾu liqalbī

O driver of the caravan, go gently,
and sing before the travellers.
Among this caravan are my beloved ones
they’ve taken my heart along with them.
Who is left for me, if they have taken my heart?

They scattered me in the deserts,
they took my very soul from me
who is left for me, if they have taken my heart?

Gently, gently with me, O driver,
gently, gently with my heart
who is left for me, if they have taken my heart?
And show proper reverence in their sanctuary,
and do not love anyone besides them
for they are indeed the healing of my heart.