1. She hid from the people what their resolution revealed,
And showed the parting and distance what was concealed.
١. أَخْفَتْ عَنِ القَوْمِ مَا أَبْدَتْ عَزِيمَتُهُمْ
وَأَظْهَرَتْ لِلنَّوى وَالْبَيْنِ مَا كُتِما
2. They left, and no heart remained for me after them
That I could load with pain.
٢. بانُوا فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِي في يَوْمِ بَيْنِهِمُ
قَلْبٌ أُحَمِّلُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ أَلَمَا
3. So parting loves them, and yearning loves me,
And my body loves only sickness since they left.
٣. فَالْبَيْنُ يَعْشَقُهُمْ وَالشَّوْقُ يَعْشَقُني
وَالجِسْمُ مُذْ فَارَقُوني يَعْشَقُ السَّقَما
4. Oh, would that I had been blind the day the camel driver
Called out their departure - for parting shows no mercy!
٤. يا لَيْتَني كُنْتُ أَعمى يَوْمَ صَاحَ بِهِمْ
حَادِي الرَّحِيلِ فَما لِلْبَيْنِ مَا رَحِمَا