تَجافي إِلى أَن قُلتُ لا وَصلَ بَعدَها

تَجافي إِلى أَن قُلتُ لا وَصلَ بَعدَها

وَواصَلَ حَتّى قُلتُ لَيسَ لَهُ هَجرُ

وَواصَلَ حَتّى قُلتُ لَيسَ لَهُ هَجرُ

He kept aloof until I said, 'There is no reunion after this.'

You avoided me till I said no more connection.

And he kept close until I said, 'There is no estrangement with him.'

You persisted till I said your abandonment is not real.

فَيا عَجَباً مِن هَجرِهِ وَوِصالِهِ

فَيا عَجَباً مِن هَجرِهِ وَوِصالِهِ

فَلا حُلوُهُ حُلوٌ وَلا مُرُّهُ مُرُّ

فَلا حُلوُهُ حُلوٌ وَلا مُرُّهُ مُرُّ

So how strange his estrangement and his union!

What a marvel your abandonment and connection are!

For his sweetness is not sweet, nor is his bitterness bitter.

So neither its sweetness is sweet, nor its bitterness bitter.