فقدتُك فقد الشمس عند مَضِلَّةٍ

فقدتُك فقد الشمس عند مَضِلَّةٍ

فلا المُكثُ مأمونٌ ولا السير نافعُ

فلا المُكثُ مأمونٌ ولا السير نافعُ

I lost you as one loses the sun when the way is lost;

I lost you like the sun lost in eclipse,

so neither staying is safe nor journeying of any use.

Neither staying is safe, nor traveling avails,

وأمَّلْتُ عود الصبح منك بلقْيةٍ

وأمَّلْتُ عود الصبح منك بلقْيةٍ

وصبحك قد سُدَّتْ عليه المطالعُ

وصبحك قد سُدَّتْ عليه المطالعُ

And I hoped a meeting with you would bring back the dawn,

And I hoped for your morning visit again,

but the horizons had been barred to your dawn.

But your morn has set, and daybreak fails.