هَجَرتُكِ أَيّاماً بِذي الغَمرِ إِنَّني

هَجَرتُكِ أَيّاماً بِذي الغَمرِ إِنَّني

عَلى هَجرِ أَيّامٍ بِذي الغَمرِ نادِمُ

عَلى هَجرِ أَيّامٍ بِذي الغَمرِ نادِمُ

I forsook you for days at Dhu al-Ghamr; indeed I

I abandoned you for days at Dhi al-Ghamr, and indeed

regret those days of estrangement at Dhu al-Ghamr.

I regret abandoning you for days at Dhi al-Ghamr.

وَإِنّي وَذاكَ الهَجرَ لَو تَعلَمينَهُ

وَإِنّي وَذاكَ الهَجرَ لَو تَعلَمينَهُ

كَعازِبَةٍ عَن طِفلِها وَهيَ رائِمُ

كَعازِبَةٍ عَن طِفلِها وَهيَ رائِمُ

And I, during that estrangement—if only you knew it—

If only you knew of that abandonment,

am like a mother separated from her young, yet yearning for it.

you would be like a nursing mother separated from her child.