تذكرت اياما سقى الله عهدها

خلوت بها والوقت صاف مع الحب

I recalled the days when God watered their era,

I was alone with it, while time was clear with love,

فاخلصته ودي وكدت لحبه

اشق له قلبي والقيه في قلبي

So I was sincere to it and almost died of love,

I tore my heart for it and threw it in my heart,

اذا كان امر الحب يا نعم خالصا

اذا حدثي ما شئت عن لوعة الحب

If the matter of love is good, yes sincere,

If you tell me whatever you want about the agony of love,

احبا جفا ظلما وحاد عن الوفا

عنادا تدبر كيف قلبك من قلب

Lovers are unjust, unjust and deviate from loyalty,

Stubbornly thinking how your heart is from the heart,

ولا تنس ايام الوصال وما جرى

لاجلك صباسح من مقلة الصب

And do not forget the days of union and what happened,

Because of you, youths from the eyelash of youth,

ولطف معان انت نسختها التي

متى ما رأيتها العين تفعل في اللب

And the gentleness of meanings that you transcribed,

Whenever the eye saw them, it affects the mind,

محبك من تدري على الوصل والجفا

يجبك مهما جرت في البعد والقرب

Your lover, do you know about union and estrangement,

He loves you no matter how far or near,

وليس بذي مجد محب مخادع

يقابل نوع الظل بالمر والعذب

And the lover is not a man of glory deceitful,

Who meets injustice with bitterness and freshness,

مضى عهد من نهوى وكان كأنه

خيال وما شيء يدوم سوى الرب

An era has passed from those we love, it was as if

It is an illusion and nothing lasts but God,

لنا غاب قوم قوم يا سقى الله عهدهم

هووا من بروج المكرمات إلى الترب

For us they left, O God watered their era,

They inclined from the mansions of honors to the dust,

قضوا وانقضى العهد الذي كان بيننا

ولكنهم والله في حضرة القلب

They fulfilled and the era that was between us is over,

But they, by God, are in the presence of the heart,

لقد بخلوا حتى برد سلامنا

وكانوا لعمر المجد اسخى من السحب

They were even stingy to send us greetings,

And they were, by the age of glory, more generous than the clouds,

فيا سفرا منهم تمادى به المدا

وقد غيبت تلك المظاهر في الغيب

So oh a journey from them, time persisted in it,

And those features were hidden in the unknown,

تعاتبهم قد خلفونا لاجلهم

اسارى النوى والحق جلوا عن العتب

Blaming them, they left us for their sake,

Prisoners of purpose, and the truth avoided blame,

بكينا قد ابيض العيون وحزنهم

ملح وما زلنا مع الحزن في حرب

We cried, the eyes whitened, and their sorrow

Was salt, and we are still in war with sorrow,

فيا ايها الغياب والعذر واضح

رضينا لو الا مكان يسعف بالكتب

So O absence and the excuse is clear,

We accepted unless the place was helpful in writing,