مُذْ مدةٍ ما جاءنا

منكم خطوطٌ أو خبرْ

It's been a while since

We've received any news or letters from you

أَمْ كيف لا يأْتى إلي

نا عنكم خبر يَسُرّْ

Why doesn't any happy news about you

Reach us?

أم عافكم عنا كما

قد عافنا عنكم كِبرْ

Or have you neglected us as we

Have neglected you out of pride?

أَنسيتُمُ عهداً قديم

ا أمْ بَدَا منكمْ نظَرْ

Have you forgotten the old covenant

Or did a new perspective emerge from you?

أمْ غيَّر الودَّ النوى

أمْ رَبعٌ ودى قد دثَرْ

Has friendship's intention changed

Or has affection been wrapped up and stored away?

أَمْ مسَّكُمْ منا صفاءٌ

أمْ حادثٌ مِنَّا ظَهرْ

Did any clarity from us cause you

Sorrow or did any incident from us occur?

أَمْ قد بَدا مِنّا مَقَا

لٌ في عواقبه ضَررْ

Or did we say anything

That may have harmful consequences?

أمْ دهركم ألهَاكُمُ

أَمْ قلبكم عنّا نَفر

Or has your life made you

Forget or has your heart turned away from us?

ولقدْ سمعت بِأَنكم

جِئتم إلى العلمَ الأَبرُّ

Yet I heard that you

Have come to the most honorable knowledge

ماذَا يضيركُمْ إذا

عاملتموُني بالخبَرْ

How could it harm you if

You keep me updated with news?

ما دارَ في ضمير الفؤادِ

محبكم أو ما خَطَرْ

Whatever feelings stir in my heart's conscience

For you or comes to mind

في بالِكم أنِّى أنا

الخِلُّ الوفيُّ وما عَدَرْ

You know I am the sincere

And faithful friend, I have not changed

فبآى مَا أعرضْتمُ

عنّي فغالتنى الفكرْ

So why have you turned

Away from me, worry has consumed me

منحٌ قريبٌ منكمُ

لو واحدٌ منكم أَمَرْ

Even a small gift from you

If one of you ordered

بزيارةٍ لمحبكمْ

كَىْ ما يكون له قَدَرْ

A visit to your lover

So there could be some value

لكن بحمدِ اللَّهِ أن

ى لا تحركنى له قُدَرْ

But thank God I am not motivated

By destiny for it

لا يَنْجَلى وُدِّي عن المحب

وبِ واصلَ أَمْ هَجَرْ

Affection for a loved one does not disappear

Whether there is connection or separation

لكننّي لابدَّ لي

من أن أعاتبَ من نفَرْ

But I must reproach those

Who have turned away

كَىْ تَنطفى الأفكارُ

عن قلبي لكى ما يَسْتِقرّْ

So thoughts about you

Leave my heart and it finds peace