اذكر مَلاعِبَنا بِرَملَةِ حاجِرِ

اذكر مَلاعِبَنا بِرَملَةِ حاجِرِ

حوشيتَ مِن شِيَمِ الخؤونِ المُغادِرِ

حوشيتَ مِن شِيَمِ الخؤونِ المُغادِرِ

Remember our places of play on the sands of Hajir.

I remember our games on the sands of Hajir

May you be spared the ways of the treacherous deserter.

You deserted the traits of intimacy

وَاِحفَظ عُهوداً بِالحِمى عاهَدتَني

وَاِحفَظ عُهوداً بِالحِمى عاهَدتَني

أَيّامَ كُنتَ مُنادِمي وَمُسامِري

أَيّامَ كُنتَ مُنادِمي وَمُسامِري

And keep the pledges you made to me in the protected grounds,

And pledged allegiances with restrictions after you covenanted me

In the days when you were my drinking companion and my companion in evening talk.

The days when you were my boon companion and night-talk mate

آثارُ ذاكَ القُربِ بَينَ جَوانِحي

آثارُ ذاكَ القُربِ بَينَ جَوانِحي

وَخَيال ذاكَ العَيشِ بَعدُ بِناظِري

وَخَيال ذاكَ العَيشِ بَعدُ بِناظِري

The traces of that closeness lie between my ribs,

The traces of that closeness between my feelings

And the image of that life is still before my eyes.

And the phantom of that life afterwards in my sights

جوزيتُ مِنكَ عَلى التَصَبُّرِ في الهَوى

جوزيتُ مِنكَ عَلى التَصَبُّرِ في الهَوى

ما لَيس يُعهَدُ مِن جَزاءِ الصابِرِ

ما لَيس يُعهَدُ مِن جَزاءِ الصابِرِ

I was repaid by you for my patient endurance in love

I hoped for patience from you in passion

With what is not known as the reward of the patient.

What is not expected from the recompense of the patient

خَطَرَت بِقَلبي مِنكَ كُلِّ عَجيبَةٍ

خَطَرَت بِقَلبي مِنكَ كُلِّ عَجيبَةٍ

إلّا فِراقَكَ لَم يَكُن في خاطِري

إلّا فِراقَكَ لَم يَكُن في خاطِري

Every strange thing from you passed through my heart,

Every wonder has occurred to my heart from you

Except parting from you—that never crossed my mind.

Except your separation, it had not been in my thoughts