هَل مامَضى مِنكِ يا أَسماءُ مَردودُ

هَل مامَضى مِنكِ يا أَسماءُ مَردودُ

أَم هَل تَقَضَّت مَعَ الوَصلِ المَواعيدُ

أَم هَل تَقَضَّت مَعَ الوَصلِ المَواعيدُ

Can what has passed between us, O Asmāʾ, be restored?

Can what has passed with you, O Asmā’, be brought back?

Or have the promised meetings ended along with our union?

Or have the promises ended along with our union?

أَم هَل لَياليكِ ذاتُ البَينِ عائِدَةٌ

أَم هَل لَياليكِ ذاتُ البَينِ عائِدَةٌ

أَيّامَ يَجمَعُنا خَلصٌ فَبَلدودُ

أَيّامَ يَجمَعُنا خَلصٌ فَبَلدودُ

Or will your nights—the nights of parting—return,

Or will your nights at Dhāt al-Bayn return—

those days when Khulṣ, then Baldūd, brought us together?

the days when Khalṣ, then Baldūd, brought us together?