لئن سترتك بطون اللحود

فوجدي بعدك لا يستتر

If shrouded ruins conceal you,

Though the depths of the grave have concealed you,

I shall find none after to veil my pain.

My grief after your parting can never be hidden.

قصدت ديارك قصد المشوق

وللدهر فينا كرور ومر

I sought your home longing for you,

I sought out your dwelling as a yearning lover would,

While fate weaves days for us, bitter and sweet.

While fate relentlessly turns and passes over us.

فألفيتها منك قفراً خلاءً

فأسكبت عيني عليك العبر

I found it emptied of you, desolate,

Yet I found it desolate and empty of your presence,

And shed tears for you copiously and dark.

So my eyes poured forth their weeping tears for you.