أَيُّها الراحِلونَ عَنّي وَيَحدو

أَيُّها الراحِلونَ عَنّي وَيَحدو

في مَطاياهُم بِقَلبِيَ حادي

في مَطاياهُم بِقَلبِيَ حادي

O you departing from me, while a singing camel-driver urges

O you who are departing from me while my love for you grows stronger

my heart onward among their mounts.

As their mounts stride on, with my heart urging them along

بِنتُمُ بِالفُؤادِ وَالأُنسِ وَالرا

بِنتُمُ بِالفُؤادِ وَالأُنسِ وَالرا

حَةِ وَالصَبرِ وَالمُنى وَالرُقادِ

حَةِ وَالصَبرِ وَالمُنى وَالرُقادِ

You departed with my heart, my solace, and

You took away my heart, my joy, my comfort

my comfort, patience, hopes, and sleep.

And my patience, my wishes, my rest and my sleep

طيبُ عَيشي فارَقتُهُ يَومَ فارَق

طيبُ عَيشي فارَقتُهُ يَومَ فارَق

تُم فَهَل كُنتُم عَلى ميعادِ

تُم فَهَل كُنتُم عَلى ميعادِ

I parted with the sweetness of my life on the day

My life was blissful until I lost it the day you left

you departed—so had you arranged a rendezvous?

Were you intending to return?

قَد سَلَبتُم مِنَ الفُؤادِ سُوَيدا

قَد سَلَبتُم مِنَ الفُؤادِ سُوَيدا

هُ وَكُنتُم مِن ناظِري في السَوادِ

هُ وَكُنتُم مِن ناظِري في السَوادِ

You have robbed my heart of its black

You robbed the heart of its beloved,

core, and you were in the black pupil of my eye.

And you were the ones I looked for in the darkness

فَأُعيدوا إِلى فُؤادِيَ ما غا

فَأُعيدوا إِلى فُؤادِيَ ما غا

بَ مِنَ الأُنسِ أَو أُعيدوا رُقادي

بَ مِنَ الأُنسِ أَو أُعيدوا رُقادي

So restore to my heart its vanished

So return to my heart what is missing of joy and companionship

solace, or restore my sleep.

Or return my sleep to me