أَحَقّاً مِنكَ أَنَّكَ لَن تَراني

أَحَقّاً مِنكَ أَنَّكَ لَن تَراني

عَلى حالٍ وَأَنّي لَن أَراكا

عَلى حالٍ وَأَنّي لَن أَراكا

Is it truly so with you—that you will never see me

Is it true that you will never see me again

Is it truly real that you shall never look on me,

Under any circumstances, and that I shall never see you,

While I will never see you?

In any state, and I shall never look on you?

وَأَنَّكَ غائِبٌ في قَعرِ لَحدٍ

وَأَنَّكَ غائِبٌ في قَعرِ لَحدٍ

وَما قَد كُنتَ تَعلوهُ عَلاكا

وَما قَد كُنتَ تَعلوهُ عَلاكا

And that you are gone, in the depths of a grave,

That you are absent in the depth of a grave

That you are absent, lost within the grave's abyss,

And what you once stood above has risen above you?

And never again will I see your stature?

And earth, which you once rose above, has risen over you?

فَلا ضَحِكَت وَقَد غُيِّبتَ عَنّي

فَلا ضَحِكَت وَقَد غُيِّبتَ عَنّي

وَلا رَقَأَت مَدامِعُ مَن سَلاكا

وَلا رَقَأَت مَدامِعُ مَن سَلاكا

Then may I never laugh, now that you have been hidden from me,

So I did not laugh when you were taken from me

May laughter cease, now you are hidden from my sight,

Nor may the tears of whoever forgets you ever cease.

Nor did the tears of those who bid you farewell flow

And never dry the tears of him who would forget your loss.