بنفسيَ من أودعتُها التُرْبَ راغِماً

بنفسيَ من أودعتُها التُرْبَ راغِماً

أغضّ من الغُصنِ الرطيبِ وأنعما

أغضّ من الغُصنِ الرطيبِ وأنعما

My life for her whom I unwillingly laid in the earth,

With my own hands I buried her in the ground,

More tender and softer than a fresh bough.

Though she was softer than moist branches and more gentle.

وجُدتُ بها لا عن ملالٍ وإنَّما

وجُدتُ بها لا عن ملالٍ وإنَّما

غُلبتُ عليها مُكْرَهاً متهضَّما

غُلبتُ عليها مُكْرَهاً متهضَّما

And I gave her up, not out of weariness; rather,

I was not tired of her, but

I was forcibly deprived of her, coerced and wronged.

I overpowered her against her will in resignation.

ألا ليتَ أَنَّا ما اصطحبنا ولم نَبِتْ

ألا ليتَ أَنَّا ما اصطحبنا ولم نَبِتْ

قرينَينِ في خَفْضٍ من العيشِ توأَمَا

قرينَينِ في خَفْضٍ من العيشِ توأَمَا

Ah, would that we had never been companions, nor spent our nights

Oh, would that we had never accompanied each other,

As a pair, like twins, in a life of ease;

And lived as equal twins in humble life!

ولم نُرزَقِ الوصلَ الذي عادَ فُرْقةً

ولم نُرزَقِ الوصلَ الذي عادَ فُرْقةً

ولم نعهدِ العُرسَ الذي صار مأتما

ولم نعهدِ العُرسَ الذي صار مأتما

And never been granted the union that turned to separation,

Would that we were not granted the union which turned to separation,

And never known the wedding that became a funeral.

Nor promised the wedding that became a funeral!

مضتْ حين لم أصغُرْ فأجهَلَ قَدْرَها

مضتْ حين لم أصغُرْ فأجهَلَ قَدْرَها

ولم أَعْمُرِ الدهرَ الطويلَ فأحلُما

ولم أَعْمُرِ الدهرَ الطويلَ فأحلُما

She passed away when I was not so young as to be ignorant of her worth,

She left at a time when I did not appreciate her worth,

Nor had I lived long enough to gain forbearance.

And had not lived long enough in this world to be wise.

وعِشتُ صحيحاً سالماً بعد يومِها

وعِشتُ صحيحاً سالماً بعد يومِها

وحسبيَ داءً أن أصِحَّ وأسلَمَا

وحسبيَ داءً أن أصِحَّ وأسلَمَا

And I lived on, healthy and unharmed, after the day she died;

After she left I lived healthy and sound,

And it is illness enough for me that I am healthy and unharmed.

And it is enough of an illness for me to recover and be safe.

ولو خيَّروني بين كفِّي وبينَها

ولو خيَّروني بين كفِّي وبينَها

لآثرتُ أن تبقَى وأُصبِحَ أجذمَا

لآثرتُ أن تبقَى وأُصبِحَ أجذمَا

And if they had given me a choice between my hand and her,

If given a choice between my hands and her,

I would have preferred that she live on and I be left without a hand.

I would prefer that she remain and I become handless.