يَا سَاعَةَ البَيْنِ قد نَسِيتُ بِما

يَا سَاعَةَ البَيْنِ قد نَسِيتُ بِما

كابَدْتُهُ منكَ لَذَّةَ الزَّمَنِ

كابَدْتُهُ منكَ لَذَّةَ الزَّمَنِ

O hour of parting, through what I suffered

from you, I have forgotten the sweetness of time.

قَدْ ظَعَنَ الرَّكْبُ بِالجَمالِ وَبِال

قَدْ ظَعَنَ الرَّكْبُ بِالجَمالِ وَبِال

حُسْنِ وَعُدْنا بالشَّوْقِ والحَزَنِ

حُسْنِ وَعُدْنا بالشَّوْقِ والحَزَنِ

The caravan has departed with beauty and with—

loveliness; and we returned with longing and sorrow.