خيالُكِ لا يَبْلَى وشخُصُكِ بالِ

خيالُكِ لا يَبْلَى وشخُصُكِ بالِ

ومِثْليَ مَنْ لا يَلْتَهِي بِمثَالِ

ومِثْليَ مَنْ لا يَلْتَهِي بِمثَالِ

Your image does not fade, though your body has decayed.

Your imagination never fades, and your personality is sublime

And one like me finds no diversion in a likeness.

And I'm like one with no limits to my ideals

وإِن كنتِ في جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ فَرُبَّمَا

وإِن كنتِ في جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ فَرُبَّمَا

حَزِنْتِ لبُعْدِي لو علمتِ بحالي

حَزِنْتِ لبُعْدِي لو علمتِ بحالي

And though you are in the gardens of Eden, perhaps

And if you're in the gardens of Eden, you may

you would grieve at my absence, if you knew my plight.

Sometimes grieve for my distance, if you knew my state

على الرَّغم منِّي ذا السُّلُوُّ وإِنها

على الرَّغم منِّي ذا السُّلُوُّ وإِنها

على رَغْمِها أَلاَّ تُجيبَ سُؤَالي

على رَغْمِها أَلاَّ تُجيبَ سُؤَالي

This forgetting is against my will; and she,

Despite my foolishness and her

against her will, gives no answer to my question.

Despite her, not answering my question

سكوتُك عن رَدِّ الجواب تعمُّداً

سكوتُك عن رَدِّ الجواب تعمُّداً

لعيِّ لسانٍ أَم لَفَرْطِ دَلاَلِ

لعيِّ لسانٍ أَم لَفَرْطِ دَلاَلِ

Your deliberate silence, giving no reply—

Your silence in responding intentionally

is it from a faltering tongue, or from excessive coyness?

Is it from a mute tongue or excessive infatuation?

لعمري أَمَّا عُمْرُهَا ما وَفَى لَها

لعمري أَمَّا عُمْرُهَا ما وَفَى لَها

وأَمَّا لِساني بَعْدَها فَوفَى لي

وأَمَّا لِساني بَعْدَها فَوفَى لي

By my life, her lifetime did not keep faith with her;

By my life, as for her life, it did not fulfill her

and my tongue, after her passing, has kept faith with me.

And as for my tongue after her, it fulfilled me