ألا طرَدَ الكَرى عنَّي حبيباً

ألا طرَدَ الكَرى عنَّي حبيباً

خَباهُ الدَّهرُ لي فيما خبا لي

خَباهُ الدَّهرُ لي فيما خبا لي

Ah, slumber drove a beloved away from me,

Alas! Time has driven away from me a beloved one,

whom Time had hidden for me among what it had hidden for me.

Whom fate has hidden from me in what it has hidden from me.

ظننْتُ الدَّهرَ يُنسيني هَواهُ

ظننْتُ الدَّهرَ يُنسيني هَواهُ

فما أزدادُ إلاّ في خَبالي

فما أزدادُ إلاّ في خَبالي

I thought Time would make me forget my love for him,

I thought time would make me forget his love,

yet I only grow more deranged.

But I have only increased in my confusion.