رَثى لي عَذولي يَومَ زَمَّت مَطِيَّتي

رَثى لي عَذولي يَومَ زَمَّت مَطِيَّتي

لِفُرقةِ أَحبابي عَشِيَّةَ وَدَّعوا

لِفُرقةِ أَحبابي عَشِيَّةَ وَدَّعوا

My reproacher pitied me the day my mount was bridled,

My friend mourned for me the day my she-camel faltered,

for parting from my loved ones, the evening they bade farewell.

When my loved ones bid farewell in the evening.

بَكَيتُ دَماً مِن بَعدِ دَمعي لِبَينِهِم

بَكَيتُ دَماً مِن بَعدِ دَمعي لِبَينِهِم

فَلَم يَبقَ لي دَمعٌ وَلا لي مَدمَعُ

فَلَم يَبقَ لي دَمعٌ وَلا لي مَدمَعُ

I wept blood after my tears for their departure,

After my tears I wept blood for their separation,

so no tears remained to me, nor an eye to weep with.

No tears remained for me, nor a place for tears.

مَتى طَلَبوا مِنّي لِدَعوايَ شاهِداً

مَتى طَلَبوا مِنّي لِدَعوايَ شاهِداً

فَإِنَّ شَهودي أَربَعٌ ثُمَّ أَربَعُ

فَإِنَّ شَهودي أَربَعٌ ثُمَّ أَربَعُ

Whenever they ask me for a witness to my claim,

Whenever they ask me to testify to my longing,

my witnesses are four, then four more:

My witnesses are four, then four more:

نُحولٌ وَذُلٌّ وَاِشتِياقٌ وَغُربَةٌ

نُحولٌ وَذُلٌّ وَاِشتِياقٌ وَغُربَةٌ

وَوَجدٌ وَأَشجانٌ وَصَدٌّ وَأَدمُعُ

وَوَجدٌ وَأَشجانٌ وَصَدٌّ وَأَدمُعُ

Wasting, humiliation, longing, and exile,

Emaciation, humility, yearning and exile,

and love's anguish, sorrows, rejection, and tears.

Passion, sighs, estrangement, and tears.