فَوا نَدَمي إِذ لَم أَعُج إِذ تَقولُ لِي

فَوا نَدَمي إِذ لَم أَعُج إِذ تَقولُ لِي

تَقَدَّم فَشَيّعنا إِلى ضَحوَةِ الغَدِ

تَقَدَّم فَشَيّعنا إِلى ضَحوَةِ الغَدِ

And oh, my regret that I did not stop when she said to me:

Alas, I regret when I did not hastily respond as you said to me:

“Come forward, then escort us until midmorning tomorrow.”

“Come forward, let us walk together towards tomorrow's sunrise.”

فَأَصبَحتُ مِمّا كانَ بَيني وَبَينها

فَأَصبَحتُ مِمّا كانَ بَيني وَبَينها

سِوى ذِكرِها كالقابِضِ الماء بِاليَدِ

سِوى ذِكرِها كالقابِضِ الماء بِاليَدِ

So I am now, as to what was between me and her,

So I became, from what was between me and her,

save the memory of her, like one grasping water in his hand.

Nothing but the memory of her, like grasping water with my hand.