أَأَحيا بَعدَ صَدِّك إِن عُمري

أَأَحيا بَعدَ صَدِّك إِن عُمري

لَعَمرُكَ بَعدَ ذا عُمرٌ طَويلُ

لَعَمرُكَ بَعدَ ذا عُمرٌ طَويلُ

Shall I live on after your rejection? Truly, my life—

Shall I live after your rejection? Surely my life—

by your life—is, after this, a life too long.

by your life—is a long life after this.

بُليتُ عَلى مُطاوَلَة اللَّيالي

بُليتُ عَلى مُطاوَلَة اللَّيالي

وَحُبُّك ما يمحُّ وَما يَزولُ

وَحُبُّك ما يمحُّ وَما يَزولُ

I have been tried by having to outlast the nights,

I have been worn down over the long course of nights,

while love of you neither slackens nor departs.

and my love for you neither wears away nor vanishes.

رَأَيتُكَ قَد عَقَدتَ عَلى جَفائي

رَأَيتُكَ قَد عَقَدتَ عَلى جَفائي

كَأَنَّ زِيارَتي ذَنبٌ جَليلُ

كَأَنَّ زِيارَتي ذَنبٌ جَليلُ

I see that you have resolved to shun me,

I saw that you had resolved to shun me,

as though my visiting you were a grievous sin.

as though my visit were a grave sin.

سِهامُ المَوتِ مُقبِلَةٌ وَإِنِّي

سِهامُ المَوتِ مُقبِلَةٌ وَإِنِّي

أَرى أَنِّي لِأَوَّلِها قَتيلُ

أَرى أَنِّي لِأَوَّلِها قَتيلُ

The arrows of death are advancing—and I

Death's arrows are approaching, and indeed I

believe the very first of them will strike me dead.

see that I shall be slain by the first of them.