لَمّا اِنثَنى عَنّي الرِفاقُ إِلى الحَمى

لَمّا اِنثَنى عَنّي الرِفاقُ إِلى الحَمى

وَالنوقُ قَد شَطَّت بِنا عِن ضالِهِ

وَالنوقُ قَد شَطَّت بِنا عِن ضالِهِ

When my companions turned away from me toward the sanctuary,

When my friends departed from me towards the ruins,

And the she-camels had carried us far from its wild lote trees,

And the camel litters had borne us far from our route,

وَبَقيتُ بَعدَهُم وَحيداً في الفَلا

وَبَقيتُ بَعدَهُم وَحيداً في الفَلا

مِمَّن يُساعِدُني عَلى أَهوالِهِ

مِمَّن يُساعِدُني عَلى أَهوالِهِ

And I remained after them, alone in the wilderness,

I remained alone after them in the empty wilderness,

Cut off from anyone who might help me face its terrors,

With none to aid me against its terrors.

قَطَّرتُ إِثرَهُم دُموعاً صَعِّدَت

قَطَّرتُ إِثرَهُم دُموعاً صَعِّدَت

مِن مُهجَتي بِلَهيبِ قَلبٍ والِهِ

مِن مُهجَتي بِلَهيبِ قَلبٍ والِهِ

I distilled tears in their wake, drawn upward

I shed copious tears that arose

From my lifeblood by the flame of a love-stricken heart.

From my burning heart in grief after them.

آلَت مَسَرَّتُهُ غَداةَ رَحيلِهِم

آلَت مَسَرَّتُهُ غَداةَ رَحيلِهِم

أَلّا تَؤولَ إِلَيهِ دونَ مَآلِهِ

أَلّا تَؤولَ إِلَيهِ دونَ مَآلِهِ

Its joy swore, on the morning of their departure,

I wished the morning after they left

Not to return to it before that heart's own return.

That it would not end except in reunion with them.