هجرت وأنت الشمس حسناً وبهجة

هجرت وأنت الشمس حسناً وبهجة

فشيب طول الهجر سود غدائري

فشيب طول الهجر سود غدائري

You forsook me, though you are the sun in beauty and splendor.

You left, and you were the sun, beauty and joy,

So long estrangement turned my black tresses gray.

So the long estrangement has turned my locks grey.

ولو لم تغب شمس النهار لما بدت

ولو لم تغب شمس النهار لما بدت

من الليل المساري نجوم الدياجر

من الليل المساري نجوم الدياجر

And had the sun of day not set, there would not have appeared

Had the sun of daytime not set, there would not have appeared

From the coursing night the stars of deepest darkness.

In the night sky the procession of stars.