وَلَم اَنسَ يَومَ البَينِ إِذ قالَ صاحبي

وَلَم اَنسَ يَومَ البَينِ إِذ قالَ صاحبي

وَقَد أُشعِلَت نارُ الغَضا وَتَضَرَّمَت

وَقَد أُشعِلَت نارُ الغَضا وَتَضَرَّمَت

And I have not forgotten the day of parting, when my companion said,

I have not forgotten the day we parted, when my companion said

While the fire of ghada wood had been kindled and blazed:

As the fire of sorrow blazed and sighs were heard:

حَبيبُكَ لا تُخطي النُفوسَ سِهامُهُ

حَبيبُكَ لا تُخطي النُفوسَ سِهامُهُ

فَقُلتُ لَهُ مِن مُقلَتَيهِ تَعَلَّمَت

فَقُلتُ لَهُ مِن مُقلَتَيهِ تَعَلَّمَت

"Your beloved's arrows never miss souls."

"Do not let your arrows strike souls, O beloved!"

So I said to him, "They learned from his two eyes."

So I told him, "It is from your eyes that I have learned."