إِلى كَم لا يُفارِقُني الفِراقُ

إِلى كَم لا يُفارِقُني الفِراقُ

وَأَحمِلُ في الهَوى ما لا يُطاقُ

وَأَحمِلُ في الهَوى ما لا يُطاقُ

How long will separation refuse to leave me,

How long will parting not leave me

while I bear in love what cannot be borne?

And I bear in love what cannot be borne

لَئِن دامَ المَدى هَجراً وَبَيناً

لَئِن دامَ المَدى هَجراً وَبَيناً

فَلا شامٌ لَدَيَّ وَلا عِراقُ

فَلا شامٌ لَدَيَّ وَلا عِراقُ

If time continues in estrangement and separation,

If estrangement and distance persist

then I have neither Sham nor Iraq.

Then I have no Syria or Iraq

أَقولُ لِصاحِبي وَدُموعُ عَيني

أَقولُ لِصاحِبي وَدُموعُ عَيني

تَروقُ لِحاسِدي وَدَمي يُراقُ

تَروقُ لِحاسِدي وَدَمي يُراقُ

I say to my companion, while the tears of my eye

I say to my companion while my eyes' tears

delight my envier and my blood is shed:

Flow for my envier and my blood is shed

أُسِرتُ وَلَم تُغِر لِلسَبي خَيلٌ

أُسِرتُ وَلَم تُغِر لِلسَبي خَيلٌ

قُتِلتُ وَلَم تُقَم لِلحَربِ ساقُ

قُتِلتُ وَلَم تُقَم لِلحَربِ ساقُ

I was taken captive, though no horses raided for captives;

I was captured though no horses were sent to free the captive

I was slain, though no leg was raised for war.

I was killed yet no legs marched for war