لَمْ أَزَلْ أَرْقُبُ وَعْداً

مِنْكَ يا زَيْنَ الزَّمانِ

I have not ceased to await a promise

From you, O beauty of the age,

وَأَرَى كَفِّيَ تَجْنِي الْ

يَأْسَ مِنْ رَوْضِ الأَمانِي

And I see my palms reaping despair

From the garden of wishes,

بالّذِي صَيَّرَ قَلْبِي

لِلْهَوى فِيكَ مُعانِي

By Him who made my heart

For love of you full of meanings,

و بِبَيْنٍ بَعْدَ بَيْنٍ

مِنْكَ ما عِشْتُ بَلاني

And after a separation, another separation

From you - as long as I live, trials afflict me.

إنْ تُواصِلْنِي ولا يَعْ

لَقُ في الْحُبِّ رِهاني

If you were to keep in touch with me, no

Bet of love would trouble me.

كُنْتُ في أَمْنٍ مِنَ الْبَيْ

نِ إذا بَيْنٌ دَهانِي

I was safe from separation

When a separation beguiled me.