تخالفَتِ النياتُ يوم تحمّلوا

فركبٌ إلى شرق وركبٌ إلى غربِ

The intentions differed when they set out,

One party heading east, the other west.

وما قُدّ قَدّ السيرِ بالسيرِ بينهمْ

ولكنّما المنقدّ بينهمُ قلبي

Yet the distance covered wasn't what came between them-

Rather it was my heart, torn by their divide.