يقولون سُعدى أساءَتْ إلي

يقولون سُعدى أساءَتْ إلي

كَ وهْيَ بهجرانِها مُحسٍنَه

كَ وهْيَ بهجرانِها مُحسٍنَه

They say, “Suʿdā has done wrong to

They say that my beloved has done me wrong

you,” yet by forsaking me she does me good.

By her estrangement, though she does no wrong,

لأني قدِ ازدَدْتُ عمراً بِهِ

لأني قدِ ازدَدْتُ عمراً بِهِ

فيوميَ شهرٌ وشَهري سَنَه

فيوميَ شهرٌ وشَهري سَنَه

For through it I have gained a longer life:

For through her estrangement I have gained in life,

so my day is a month, and my month a year.

So my day is as a month, my month a year.