تقولُ والدَّمعُ قد ظلَّتْ بوادِرُهُ

تقولُ والدَّمعُ قد ظلَّتْ بوادِرُهُ

تَبُلُّ ما بينَ أذيالِي وأزْياقِي

تَبُلُّ ما بينَ أذيالِي وأزْياقِي

She says, while the tears’ first drops have kept

You say, while tears have made their omens manifest,

soaking all between my hems and my collars:

Moisten between my waist-sash and my anklets,

لا تَبكِ وانتظِرِ العُقْبى فَرُبَّتَما

لا تَبكِ وانتظِرِ العُقْبى فَرُبَّتَما

ضَحِكْتَ يومَ التفَافِ السَّاقِ بالسَّاقِ

ضَحِكْتَ يومَ التفَافِ السَّاقِ بالسَّاقِ

“Do not weep; await the final outcome, for perhaps

"Do not weep; wait for the restitution, for ofttimes

you will laugh on the day when shin entwines with shin.

You have laughed on the day of intertwining shank with shank.

فإنَّ مَنْ جَمَعَ الزوجينِ قبلَكَ لا

فإنَّ مَنْ جَمَعَ الزوجينِ قبلَكَ لا

يَعبا بأُلفتِنَا بعدَ التَّفِرَّاقِ

يَعبا بأُلفتِنَا بعدَ التَّفِرَّاقِ

For the one who united the pair before you does not

So, He who joined the pair before you will not

heed our closeness after separation.”

Be vexed by our amity after separation."