الوَيلُ إِن كانَ الفراقُ دَنا

الوَيلُ إِن كانَ الفراقُ دَنا

وَصَلَّيتُ مِنهُ بِحَرِّ ما كَمَنا

وَصَلَّيتُ مِنهُ بِحَرِّ ما كَمَنا

Woe, if parting has drawn near,

Alas, if parting has drawn near,

and I was scorched by the heat of what lay concealed within it.

and I have been scorched by it, by the heat of what lay hidden.

كُنَّا وَنَحنُ مَعاً تَسكُنُه

كُنَّا وَنَحنُ مَعاً تَسكُنُه

فَالآنَ يَنفُرُ أَن أَخى شَطَنا

فَالآنَ يَنفُرُ أَن أَخى شَطَنا

We were together, and you dwelt in it;

When we were together, you would soothe it;

but now it recoils because my brother has gone far from us.

so now it takes fright, for my brother has gone far away.

أَستَحفظُ اللَّهَ السَّميعَ لَهُ

أَستَحفظُ اللَّهَ السَّميعَ لَهُ

إِمَّا أَقامَ بِنا وَإِن ظَعَنا

إِمَّا أَقامَ بِنا وَإِن ظَعَنا

I ask God, the All-Hearing, to watch over him,

I ask God, the All-Hearing, to keep him safe,

whether he stays with us or journeys away.

whether he stays with us or journeys away.

لكِنَّني مَيتٌ لَئِن شَحَطَت

لكِنَّني مَيتٌ لَئِن شَحَطَت

عَنّي نَواهُ وَلَم يَكُن قُمنا

عَنّي نَواهُ وَلَم يَكُن قُمنا

Yet I shall die if there grows distant

But I shall die if it stretches far

from me his dwelling, though we have not even set out.

from me—his separation—though that would not be fitting.

يا مَن بَراني حُسنُ صورَته

يا مَن بَراني حُسنُ صورَته

هَل كانَ قَبلَك آخر حسنا

هَل كانَ قَبلَك آخر حسنا

O you whose beauty of form has worn me thin,

O you whose beautiful form has worn me away,

was there before you ever another so fair?

was anyone else beautiful before you?

ما إِن سَمِعتُ بِهِ فَأَذكُرُهُ

ما إِن سَمِعتُ بِهِ فَأَذكُرُهُ

وَلَقَد عُنيتُ بِعِلمِهِ زَمَنا

وَلَقَد عُنيتُ بِعِلمِهِ زَمَنا

Never did I hear of him, that I might mention him,

I have never heard of him, that I might mention him,

though indeed for a time I took pains to learn of him.

and I have sought to learn of him for some time.