وعادَ مَن أَهواهُ بعدَ القِلَى

وعادَ مَن أَهواهُ بعدَ القِلَى

شَقيقَ روحٍ بينَ جسمينِ

شَقيقَ روحٍ بينَ جسمينِ

And the one I love returned after estrangement,

He whom I loved returned after estrangement

a soul's other half between two bodies.

A kindred soul between two bodies

وأصبحَ الداخِلُ في بَينِنا

وأصبحَ الداخِلُ في بَينِنا

كساقطٍ بينَ فراشينِ

كساقطٍ بينَ فراشينِ

And the intruder between us became

And what was between us

like one who has fallen between two beds.

Became like a fallen one between two beds

قد أُلبسَ البغضةَ هذا وذا

قد أُلبسَ البغضةَ هذا وذا

لا يَصْلُحُ الغِمدُ لسيْفينِ

لا يَصْلُحُ الغِمدُ لسيْفينِ

This one and that have been clothed in hatred;

This one and that were clothed in hatred

a scabbard is not fit for two swords.

A sheath cannot fit two swords

ما بالُ مَن ليسَتْ لهُ حاجَةٌ

ما بالُ مَن ليسَتْ لهُ حاجَةٌ

يكونُ أنْفاً بينَ عَينينِ

يكونُ أنْفاً بينَ عَينينِ

Why should one who has no business here

Why should one with no need

be a nose between two eyes?

Thrust his nose between two eyes

عَذيرِيَ مِنْ طُولِ البُكا لوعَةُ الأَسى

عَذيرِيَ مِنْ طُولِ البُكا لوعَةُ الأَسى

ولَيْسَ لِمَنْ لا يَقْبَلُ العُذْرَ مِنْ عُذْرِ

ولَيْسَ لِمَنْ لا يَقْبَلُ العُذْرَ مِنْ عُذْرِ

My excuse for prolonged weeping is sorrow's anguish,

My excuse for excessive weeping is the agony of grief

and there is no excuse for one who accepts no excuse.

And one who does not accept an excuse, has no excuse