تَباعَدَ عَنْ عِرْسِه جَعفرُ

تَباعَدَ عَنْ عِرْسِه جَعفرُ

فَسرَّهُما البُعدُ بعدَ اقترابِ

فَسرَّهُما البُعدُ بعدَ اقترابِ

Ja‘far drew away from his wife,

Ja'far strayed from his wedding,

and distance pleased them both after closeness.

And distance delighted them after being close.

وكانت تَصبو إلى غيره

وكانت تَصبو إلى غيره

وكانَ إلى غيرِها ذا تَصَابي

وكانَ إلى غيرِها ذا تَصَابي

She was longing for someone other than him,

She yearned for another,

and he was given to youthful dalliance with someone other than her.

And he lusted for someone else.

فبَينا هُما يَتْبعانِ الهَوَى

فبَينا هُما يَتْبعانِ الهَوَى

على حَذَرٍ مِنهما وارتقابِ

على حَذَرٍ مِنهما وارتقابِ

So while both were following desire,

While they both followed desire,

with caution and watchfulness on both their parts,

Wary of each other, watching.

أتاحَ الزمانُ لهُ سَفرةً

أتاحَ الزمانُ لهُ سَفرةً

مُعجَّلةً لم تَكُنْ في الحِسابِ

مُعجَّلةً لم تَكُنْ في الحِسابِ

Time afforded him a journey,

Fate granted him a sudden journey,

a hurried one he had not reckoned on.

Unplanned, unforeseen.

فمكَّنَها من قِيادِ الزُّناةِ

فمكَّنَها من قِيادِ الزُّناةِ

وتُمكِنُه من قِيادِ القِحابِ

وتُمكِنُه من قِيادِ القِحابِ

So it let her take the reins of adulterers,

It enabled her to lead the adulterers,

and lets him take the reins of whores.

And enabled him to lead the immoral.

فوَدَّا وقد وُفِّقَا للفِراقِ

فوَدَّا وقد وُفِّقَا للفِراقِ

بأنَّ التَّلاقيَ يومَ الحِسابِ

بأنَّ التَّلاقيَ يومَ الحِسابِ

So both wished, having been favored with separation,

They missed when they were enabled to part,

that their reunion be on the Day of Reckoning.

That the day of judgement is the day they will meet again.