عَهْدٌ تغَيَّرَ من سُعادَ ومَعهدُ

عَهْدٌ تغَيَّرَ من سُعادَ ومَعهدُ

فعلام يكْثُرُ عاذِلٌ ومُفَنِّدُ

فعلام يكْثُرُ عاذِلٌ ومُفَنِّدُ

Su'ad's pledge has changed, and so has her familiar haunt.

A pact that changed from joy and covenant

Why, then, do reproachers and faultfinders abound?

So why does the blamer and invalidator abound?

لا حُلْتُ عن عَهدِ الأحبّةِ في الهوى

لا حُلْتُ عن عَهدِ الأحبّةِ في الهوى

وإن استحالَ الرّبْعُ عمّا أعهَد

وإن استحالَ الرّبْعُ عمّا أعهَد

I have not forsaken my pledge to my beloveds in love,

I did not depart from the pact of the loved ones in passion

though the dwelling has changed from what I remember.

Even if the season turned from what I was accustomed to

إن كنتَ تُسعِدُني فإنّي مغرمٌ

إن كنتَ تُسعِدُني فإنّي مغرمٌ

أو كنتَ ذا شَجَنٍ فإنّي مُسعِد

أو كنتَ ذا شَجَنٍ فإنّي مُسعِد

If you would share my sorrow, I am love-stricken;

If you make me happy, then I am infatuated

or if you bear sorrow, I will share yours.

Or if you are melancholic, then I am made happy

أبكي الّذِين تشَعّبَت النّوى

أبكي الّذِين تشَعّبَت النّوى

بهمُ فغاروا في البلادِ وأنجدوا

بهمُ فغاروا في البلادِ وأنجدوا

I weep for those whom separation scattered;

I cry for those whom intentions branched out with them

they went through the land, down to the lowlands and up to the highlands.

So they hid in the lands and became remote

بَعُدوا وَوَكَّل ناظِري بخيالهم

بَعُدوا وَوَكَّل ناظِري بخيالهم

ذِكْرِى لهم فكأنّهم لم يَبْعُدوا

ذِكْرِى لهم فكأنّهم لم يَبْعُدوا

They went far away, yet my gaze was fixed upon their image

They went far away and my watcher was entrusted with their images

by my remembrance of them—as though they had never gone far away.

My memory of them - it is as if they never went far away