وَكُنّا وَديدي أُلفَةٍ وَتَقرُّبٍ

صَفيَّينِ لَم نَحفِل مَقالاً لِقائلِ

We were dear friends and intimacy

We were loving friends of intimacy and closeness,

Pure souls never heeding gossip spread

Sincere companions, heeding no speaker's word.

فَغَيَّرنا صَرفٌ مِنَ الدَهرِ عاثِرٌ

وَساعٍ سَعى ما بَينَنا بِالغَوائِلِ

But fate has changed what was and estranged us instead

Then a stumbling turn of fortune changed us,

And sowed between us obstacles and dread

And a slanderer who strove between us with malice.