أملت أن تتعطفوا بوصالكم

أملت أن تتعطفوا بوصالكم

فرأيت من هجرانكم ما لا يرى

فرأيت من هجرانكم ما لا يرى

I hoped you would show me kindness through union with you.

I hoped for your affection through reunion

Then, through your abandonment, I saw what cannot be seen.

Yet in your abandonment I saw what cannot be seen

وعلمت أن بعادكم لا بد أن

وعلمت أن بعادكم لا بد أن

يجرى له دمعي دما وكذا جرى

يجرى له دمعي دما وكذا جرى

And I knew that your separation must inevitably

And I knew that your distance must make

make my tears flow as blood—and so they flowed.

My tears flow as blood, and so they flowed