وَصَلنا إِلى التَوديعِ غَيرَ مُوَدَّعِ

وَصَلنا إِلى التَوديعِ غَيرَ مُوَدَّعِ

سَنَحفَظُ عَهداً مِنكَ غَيرَ مُضَيَّعِ

سَنَحفَظُ عَهداً مِنكَ غَيرَ مُضَيَّعِ

We have come to farewell, yet you are not forsaken.

We have reached the farewell undeserving of farewells

We shall preserve your pledge, never letting it be lost.

We will keep a pact with you that will not go to waste

أَما وَالَّذي يُبقيكَ لِلحَمدِ وَالنَدى

أَما وَالَّذي يُبقيكَ لِلحَمدِ وَالنَدى

لَيَنتَظِمَنَّ الشَوقُ مابَينَ أَضلُعي

لَيَنتَظِمَنَّ الشَوقُ مابَينَ أَضلُعي

Indeed, by Him who preserves you for praise and generosity,

By the One who keeps you for glory and dew

longing will surely pierce what lies between my ribs;

Yearning will surely take hold amid my ribs

وَتَأخُذُ مِن عَيني بِحَقِّ دُموعِها

وَتَأخُذُ مِن عَيني بِحَقِّ دُموعِها

وَيَرتاعُ قَلبٌ لَم يَكُن بِمُرَوَّعِ

وَيَرتاعُ قَلبٌ لَم يَكُن بِمُرَوَّعِ

and you will exact from my eye its due of tears,

And it will take tears from my eyes by their right

and a heart never frightened before will quake.

A heart will tremble that was not previously trembling

وَمِن أَعجَبِ الأَشياءِ أَنَّ قُلوبَنا

وَمِن أَعجَبِ الأَشياءِ أَنَّ قُلوبَنا

صِحاحٌ لِخَوفِ البَينِ لَم تَتَقَطَّعِ

صِحاحٌ لِخَوفِ البَينِ لَم تَتَقَطَّعِ

And among the strangest things is that our hearts

Of the most wondrous things is that our hearts

remain whole, not torn apart by fear of parting.

Are composed, fearing separation, unfragmented

وَلَو أَنَّ غَربَ الدَمعِ كانَ مُشاكِلاً

وَلَو أَنَّ غَربَ الدَمعِ كانَ مُشاكِلاً

لِغَربِ الأَسى لَاِرفَضَّ مِن كُلِّ مَدمَعِ

لِغَربِ الأَسى لَاِرفَضَّ مِن كُلِّ مَدمَعِ

And if the flow of tears were equal

And if the setting of tears matched

to the force of grief, it would gush from every tear duct.

The setting of sorrow, it would have refused every tear duct

وَلَكِن جَرى مِنهُ قَليلٌ مُصَرَّدٌ

وَلَكِن جَرى مِنهُ قَليلٌ مُصَرَّدٌ

وَلَم يَكُ تَصريدُ الدُموعِ بِمُقنِعِ

وَلَم يَكُ تَصريدُ الدُموعِ بِمُقنِعِ

But only a little flowed, doled out sparingly,

But little that was filtered came from it

and a scant measure of tears was not enough.

The flowing of tears was not convincing

فَرَوّاكَ صَوبُ الحَمدِ في كُلِّ مَوطِنٍ

فَرَوّاكَ صَوبُ الحَمدِ في كُلِّ مَوطِنٍ

وَجادَكَ غَيثُ الدَهرِ في كُلِّ مَربَعِ

وَجادَكَ غَيثُ الدَهرِ في كُلِّ مَربَعِ

So may the downpour of praise drench you in every abode,

Good fortune looked upon you in every place

and may time's rain shower you in every spring pasture.

The rain of time was generous to you in every plot

وَلازِلتَ بِالصُنعِ الجَميلِ مُشَيَّعاً

وَلازِلتَ بِالصُنعِ الجَميلِ مُشَيَّعاً

كَما أَنَّني بِالصَبرِ غَيرُ مُشَيَّعِ

كَما أَنَّني بِالصَبرِ غَيرُ مُشَيَّعِ

And may you ever be escorted by gracious favor,

You still proceed with kindness

just as I am not escorted by patience.

As I proceed with patience, undeserving