أَلا فاعْجَبُوا من هَجْرِها لحبيبها

أَلا فاعْجَبُوا من هَجْرِها لحبيبها

ولا تعجَبُوا مِنْ لِمَّتي ومَشِيبِها

ولا تعجَبُوا مِنْ لِمَّتي ومَشِيبِها

Lo, marvel at her forsaking her beloved.

Be astonished at her desertion of her lover -

And do not marvel at my locks and their grayness.

Yet do not wonder at my gray hair and decrepitude.

إِذا هَجَرَتْني شيَّبتني بهجرها

إِذا هَجَرَتْني شيَّبتني بهجرها

وإِن واصَلَتْنِي شَيَّبَتْني بطيبِها

وإِن واصَلَتْنِي شَيَّبَتْني بطيبِها

When she forsakes me, she turns me gray through her abandonment.

When she deserted me, her desertion made me gray,

And if she grants me union, she turns me gray with her sweetness.

And when she was faithful, her faithfulness made me gray.