خَلِيليَّ هذي زَفْرَةُ اليَوْمِ قَدْ مَضَتْ

خَلِيليَّ هذي زَفْرَةُ اليَوْمِ قَدْ مَضَتْ

فَمَا بَعْدَ مَيٍّ زَفْرَةٌ قَدْ أُطِلَّتِ

فَمَا بَعْدَ مَيٍّ زَفْرَةٌ قَدْ أُطِلَّتِ

O my two friends, this day's sigh has passed;

My beloved, today's sigh has passed

for after Mayy, no sigh has gone to waste.

So after no water, a prolonged sigh

وَمِنْ زَفَرَاتٍ لَوْ قَصَدْنَ قَتَلْنني

وَمِنْ زَفَرَاتٍ لَوْ قَصَدْنَ قَتَلْنني

تَقُضُّ التي تَأتي التي قَدْ تَوَلَّتِ

تَقُضُّ التي تَأتي التي قَدْ تَوَلَّتِ

And among sighs that would have killed me had they struck home,

And if sighs had meant to kill me

the one that comes shatters the one that has gone before.

The one to come would kill, the one already gone