يا لَيت وِصالَها غَداةَ اِمتَنَعا

يا لَيت وِصالَها غَداةَ اِمتَنَعا

لَم أَشقَ بِهِ الدَهرَ أُناجي الطَما

لَم أَشقَ بِهِ الدَهرَ أُناجي الطَما

Oh, if only, on the morning union with her became unattainable,

Oh, if only union with her were denied tomorrow

I had not spent my life suffering for it, confiding in the sea;

I would not have suffered lifelong misery

أَو أَخطَرَني الذِكرُ بِبالٍ مِنها

أَو أَخطَرَني الذِكرُ بِبالٍ مِنها

أَو لَم تَكُ سارَت هي وَالقَلبُ مَعا

أَو لَم تَكُ سارَت هي وَالقَلبُ مَعا

or remembrance had brought me to her mind;

Or memory reminded me of her

or she and my heart had not departed together.

Or she and my heart had not journeyed together