لَقَد شاقَكَ الحيُ إِذ وَدَّعوا

لَقَد شاقَكَ الحيُ إِذ وَدَّعوا

فَعَينُكَ في إِثرِهِم تَدمَعُ

فَعَينُكَ في إِثرِهِم تَدمَعُ

Indeed, the tribe stirred your longing when they bade farewell;

Life has wearied you, when they bid farewell,

so your eye weeps in their wake.

So your eyes shed tears for their absence.

وَناداكَ لِلبَينِ غِربانُهُ

وَناداكَ لِلبَينِ غِربانُهُ

فَظَلتَ كَأَنَّكَ لا تَسمَعُ

فَظَلتَ كَأَنَّكَ لا تَسمَعُ

And its crows called to you, heralding parting;

Its ravens called you to parting -

so you remained as though you did not hear.

Yet you seemed not to hear.