كَمْ شَمْلُ صَبْرٍ هَجْرُكُمْ فَرَّقهْ

كَمْ شَمْلُ صَبْرٍ هَجْرُكُمْ فَرَّقهْ

وَنَاظِرٍ بُعْدُكُمُ أَرَّقَهْ

وَنَاظِرٍ بُعْدُكُمُ أَرَّقَهْ

How often your desertion has sundered patience's unity,

How much endurance has your estrangement shattered

And how many an eye your distance has kept sleepless!

And how sleepless the watcher for your return

فَكَمْ رَنَا طَرْفُ عَليلٍ بِكُمْ

فَكَمْ رَنَا طَرْفُ عَليلٍ بِكُمْ

وَكَمْ ترَكْتُمْ مُهْجَةً شَيِّقَهْ

وَكَمْ ترَكْتُمْ مُهْجَةً شَيِّقَهْ

And how often has the eye of one lovesick for you gazed!

So many tears has a sick eye shed for you

And how many a heart you have left yearning!

And how many a cloistered one have you left distressed

طَوراً تَجُودُونَ بِوَصْلٍ أَرَى

طَوراً تَجُودُونَ بِوَصْلٍ أَرَى

أَيَّامَهُ مِنْ قُرْبِكُمْ مُشْرِقَهْ

أَيَّامَهُ مِنْ قُرْبِكُمْ مُشْرِقَهْ

At times you grant reunion; I see

At times you are generous with union—I see

Its days radiant with your nearness.

Its days made radiant by your nearness

وَتَارَةً تُبْدُونَ هَجْراً فَيا

وَتَارَةً تُبْدُونَ هَجْراً فَيا

وَيْحَ حَشىً نحوكُمُ سَيِّقَهْ

وَيْحَ حَشىً نحوكُمُ سَيِّقَهْ

And at other times you show estrangement—oh,

At others you show aloofness, so alas

Alas for a heart driven toward you!

For the heart tugged tow’rd you without rest

نَشَّفْتُموني في هَواكُمْ وَقَدْ

نَشَّفْتُموني في هَواكُمْ وَقَدْ

أَخذتُموا رأْسي في جَرْدَقَهْ

أَخذتُموا رأْسي في جَرْدَقَهْ

You have drained me dry in love for you, and have

You’ve wrung me dry for love of you, and yet

Taken my head for a round loaf of bread.

You’ve captured my head in your noose