قِف عَلى المَنزل وَاِسأَل طَلَلَه

مَن بِهِ بَعدَهُم قَد نَزَله

Stop by the abandoned camp and ask its traces

Who after them has made it their place

وَلِماذا رَحَل السُكّان عَن

سَكَنٍ كانوا بِهِ عَن عَجَله

And why did the inhabitants depart

From a home they'd hastily left without delay

طالَ شَوقي فَاِبكِ إِن شِئتَ مَعي

وَاِندُبِ الرّبعَ وَكَلّم طَلله

Prolonged is my yearning, so cry with me if you wish

And mourn the deserted site and speak to its ruins

خَلِّني يا صاحِ عَن عَذلِكَ لي

قَد عَصى قَلبي عَلى مَن عَذَلَه

Excuse me my friend for blaming you

My heart has rebelled against one who blamed it

لا تَزده فَوقَ ما حَلَّ بِهِ

فَبِقَلبي شاغلٌ قَد شَغَلَه

Don't add more to what has befallen it

For busying my heart is what has busied it

لَستُ أَنسى ساعَة البَينِ وَقَد

ثوّر المَحبوبُ فيها جُملَه

I won't forget the moment we parted

The beloved enraged and rounded up his camels then

أَودَع القَلب وَقَد وَدَّعني

نارَ وَجدٍ لَم تَزَل مُشتَعِلَه

He entrusted to the heart as he bid me farewell

Fires of affection not ceasing to blaze

حَرّمَ الوَصلَ عَلى عاشِقِهِ

فَهوَ يَدري أَنَّهُ قَد قَتَلَه

He denied his lover union

For he knows that he has killed it

أَيُّها القَلبُ المُعنّى هَكَذا

تطلب الحُبَّ وَتَهوى مَلَلَه

O' conflicted heart that desires love

Yet wearies of its bonds