تمتعtake pleasure منfrom حبيبكyour beloved بالوداعin farewell
تمتع من حبيبك بالوداع
فماfor there is no بعدafter الفراقparting منany اجتماعreunion
فما بعد الفراق من اجتماع
Savor bidding your beloved farewell,
Enjoy farewell from your beloved
For after parting there is no reunion.
For after parting there is no reunion
فكمfor how often جرعتI swallowed منof هجرٍestrangement وغدرٍand betrayal
فكم جرعت من هجرٍ وغدرٍ
ومنand of حالa state ارتفاعٍrising واتضاعand falling
ومن حال ارتفاعٍ واتضاع
For how often I have swallowed estrangement and betrayal,
How many draughts of estrangement and betrayal
And states of rising and falling;
And of rising fortune and abasement have I quaffed
وكمand how many كأسٍa cup أمرmore bitter منthan المناياdeaths
وكم كأسٍ أمر من المنايا
شربتI drank فلمand did not يضقfall short عنهاof it ذراعيmy arm (my strength)
شربت فلم يضق عنها ذراعي
And how many a cup more bitter than death
How many a bitter cup from the hand of Death
I drank, yet it was not beyond my strength.
Have I drunk, yet my arms reached not their fill
فلمand did not أرI see فيin الذيwhat قاسيتI endured شيئاًanything
فلم أر في الذي قاسيت شيئاً
أشدharsher منthan الفراقparting بلاwithout وداعfarewell
أشد من الفراق بلا وداع
Yet in what I endured, I saw nothing
In all I suffered I found naught
Harsher than parting without farewell.
More bitter than parting without farewell
تعالىexalted is اللَهGod كلall مواصلاتٍunions
تعالى اللَه كل مواصلاتٍ
وإنand even if طالتthey last long تؤولlead ultimately إلىto انقطاعseverance
وإن طالت تؤول إلى انقطاع
Exalted is God! All bonds of union,
By God, all unions, though long prolonged
Even if they last long, end in separation.
End at last in separation's pang
Sol 6.1