اِضمَحَلَّ السُرورُ يَومَ اِضمَحَلّا

اِضمَحَلَّ السُرورُ يَومَ اِضمَحَلّا

يا فُؤادُ الشَجي لَهُ إِض مَحَلّا

يا فُؤادُ الشَجي لَهُ إِض مَحَلّا

Joy vanished on the day he vanished,

Joy vanished the day he vanished.

Joy faded the day it faded

Joy vanished on the day he vanished,

O heart of the sorrowing lover, waste away for him.

O heart of the sorrowful one, become a dwelling for him.

O aching heart, it too will fade

O grieving heart, for him there is a dwelling place.

ثُمَّ حَلَّ الهَوى لِكُلِّ حَبيبٍ

ثُمَّ حَلَّ الهَوى لِكُلِّ حَبيبٍ

عَقدَ الدَهرُ وَصلَهُ ثُمَّ حَلّا

عَقدَ الدَهرُ وَصلَهُ ثُمَّ حَلّا

Then passion descended upon every lover

Then love became lawful for every beloved

Then love will come to every loved one

Then passion settled upon every beloved,

whose bond of union Time had tied—and then untied.

Whose union Time bound, then unbound.

Time will tie and unite, then separate

Fate tied the knot of his union, then untied it.