لي سَكَنٌ شَطَّتْ به غُرْبَةٌ

لي سَكَنٌ شَطَّتْ به غُرْبَةٌ

جادتْ لها عينايَ بالمُزْنِ

جادتْ لها عينايَ بالمُزْنِ

I have a beloved whom exile has carried far away;

I have a beloved whom exile has carried far away.

for that exile, my eyes have poured forth rain clouds.

For that exile, my eyes poured forth rain-clouds.

ما حَسُنَ الصبحُ ولا راقني

ما حَسُنَ الصبحُ ولا راقني

بياضُهُ مذ بانَ في الظَّعن

بياضُهُ مذ بانَ في الظَّعن

Dawn’s beauty does not please me, nor does

Dawn has held no beauty, nor have I delighted in

its whiteness, since he departed with the caravan.

Its whiteness since he departed on his journey.

كأنما الصُّبْحُ لنا بعدَهُ

كأنما الصُّبْحُ لنا بعدَهُ

عينٌ قد ابْيَضَّتْ من الحزن

عينٌ قد ابْيَضَّتْ من الحزن

As though the dawn, for us after him,

It is as though dawn, for us after his departure,

were an eye gone white with grief.

Were an eye that has turned white from grief.