ودَّعتُه والدَّمعُ في مُقلَتي

ودَّعتُه والدَّمعُ في مُقلَتي

في عَبرَتي مُستجعلٌ مُسرعُ

في عَبرَتي مُستجعلٌ مُسرعُ

I bade him farewell, while the tears in my eye

I bid him farewell, with tears in my eyelids

hastened and rushed as I wept.

My sorrow manifest, hastening in grief

فظَنَّ إِذ أَبصَرتُها أنَّها

فظَنَّ إِذ أَبصَرتُها أنَّها

سائِر أَعضائي بِها تَدمعُ

سائِر أَعضائي بِها تَدمعُ

So he thought, when I saw it, that

He thought, when he saw them, that they were

all my limbs were weeping through it.

All my limbs with them shedding tears

وقالَ هَذا قبلَ يَوم النَّوى

وقالَ هَذا قبلَ يَوم النَّوى

فَما تَرى بَعد النَّوى تَصنَعُ

فَما تَرى بَعد النَّوى تَصنَعُ

And he said, “This, before the day of parting!

And said: "This was before the day of parting

What, then, do you think you will do after parting?

So what will you do after parting?"

في غَيرِ وقتِ الدَّمع ضيَّعته

في غَيرِ وقتِ الدَّمع ضيَّعته

قلتُ فقَلبي عندَكم أضيَعُ

قلتُ فقَلبي عندَكم أضيَعُ

You squandered it when it was not yet time for tears.”

I wasted it at the wrong time for tears

I said, “But my heart is even more squandered in your keeping.”

I said: "My heart with you I have lost"