اللَهُ جارُكَ في اِنطِلاقِك

تِلقاءَ شامِكَ أَو عِراقِك

God is your companion in your travels

Whether towards your north or your south

لا تَعذُلَنّي في مَسي

ري يَومَ سِرتُ وَلَم أُلاقِك

Do not blame me for leaving one night

Without seeing you before I set out

إِنّي خَشيتُ مَواقِفاً

لِلبَينِ تَسفَحُ غَربَ ماقِك

I feared encounters

That would make separation spill over with sadness

وَعَلِمتُ أَنَّ بُكاءَنا

حَسبَ اِشتِياقي وَاِشتِياقِك

And I knew our tears

Would suffice for my longing and your longing

وَذَكَرتُ ما يَجِدُ المُوَد

دِعُ عِندَ ضَمِّكَ وَاِعتِناقِك

And I remembered what intimacy feels

Leave out of your embrace and hug

فَتَرَكتُ ذاكَ تَعَمُّفاً

وَخَرَجتُ أَهرُبُ مِن فِراقِك

So I left that as pretense

And went out fleeing from your separation