هجر الشباب ومن أحب

هجر الشباب ومن أحب

وكنت ذا نعمى وطيش

وكنت ذا نعمى وطيش

Youth—and the one I love—have forsaken me,

Youth and the one I love have forsaken me.

though once I possessed ease and reckless joy.

And I once knew bliss and recklessness.

يا هاجرِي لا ماتَ من

يا هاجرِي لا ماتَ من

يلحي عليك وعاشَ عيشي

يلحي عليك وعاشَ عيشي

O you who forsake me, may whoever

O you who forsake me, may he never die who

blames me for you never die, but live the life I live.

Reproaches me over you—and may he live my life.