واحر قلبي من خليط زائل

واحر قلبي من خليط زائل

صبري على آثاره سيزول

صبري على آثاره سيزول

Oh, how my heart burns for departing companions!

My heart is confused and wavering,

At their traces, my patience will vanish.

My patience over its effects will fade,

زمت له قلص يبارين الصبّا

زمت له قلص يبارين الصبّا

ولربما سبق الهبوب ذميل

ولربما سبق الهبوب ذميل

Young she-camels were bridled for them, racing the east wind;

I have endured many cold nights for him,

And often their trot outstripped the blowing wind.

And perhaps the wind has outrun its course.

هم فارقوك وحملوك من الأسى

هم فارقوك وحملوك من الأسى

ما ليس يحمل شامة وطفيل

ما ليس يحمل شامة وطفيل

They parted from you and burdened you with grief

They left you and loaded you with sorrow,

That Shamah and Tufayl cannot bear.

Bearing what neither benefits nor harms.

زرعوا بقلبك حبّه ونباته

زرعوا بقلبك حبّه ونباته

برح الجوى لا إذخر وجليل

برح الجوى لا إذخر وجليل

They sowed its seed in your heart, and its growth

They planted in your heart his love and being,

Is longing's torment, not sweet rush or panic grass.

When the times had passed with no savings or glory.

شيعتهم متوجهين وأدمعي

شيعتهم متوجهين وأدمعي

حذر الفراق سوائح وهمول

حذر الفراق سوائح وهمول

I saw them off as they set out, while my tears

I bid them farewell as they departed,

Streamed and poured for fear of parting.

My tears warning of the pain of separation.

ونظرت في تلك الحدوج وطيها

ونظرت في تلك الحدوج وطيها

غزلان وجرة أهيف وكحيل

غزلان وجرة أهيف وكحيل

And I looked into those howdahs; within their folds

And I looked upon those cheeks and their beauty,

Were Wajrah's gazelles, slender-waisted and kohl-eyed.

Like gazelles, an alluring doe, kohl and dark eyes.