قالَ الخَليطُ غَداً تَصَدُّعُنا

أَو بَعدَهُ أَفَلا تُشَيُّعُنا

The mixed one said tomorrow we will split

Or after it, will you not bid us farewell?

أَمّا الرَحيلُ فَدونَ بَعدِ غَدٍ

فَمَتى تَقولُ الدارُ تَجمَعُنا

As for leaving, it is before the day after tomorrow

So when will the house say gather us?

لَتَشوقُنا هِندٌ وَقَد قَتَلَت

عِلماً بَأَنَّ البَينَ فاجِعُنا

India will yearn for us after it killed

Knowing that estrangement saddened us

عَجَباً لِمَوقِفِها وَمَوقِفِنا

وَبِسَمعِ تِربَيها تُراجِعُنا

Wondrous is her stance and our stance

And with the hearing of her upbringing she argues with us

وَمَقالِها سِر لَيلَةً مَعَنا

نَعهَد فَإِنَّ البَينَ شائِعُنا

And her words one night with us

We pledge though estrangement circulated between us

قُلتُ العُيونُ كَثيرَةٌ مَعَكُم

وَأَظُنُّ أَنَّ السَيرَ مانِعُنا

I said, many eyes are among you

And I think the journey prevents us

لا بَل نَزورُكُم بِأَرضِكُمُ

فَيُطاعُ قائِلُكُم وَشافِعُنا

No, but we will visit you in your land

So your speaker is obeyed and our intercessor

قالَت أَشَيءٌ أَنتَ فاعِلُهُ

هَذا لَعَمرُكَ أَم تُخادِعُنا

She said something, will you do it

By your life, is this or are you deceiving us?

بِاللَهِ حَدَّث ما نُؤَمِّلُهُ

وَاِصدُق فَإِنَّ الصِدقَ واسِعُنا

By God, speak what we hope for

And be truthful for truth is all encompassing for us

إِضرِب لَنا أَجَلاً نَعُدُّ لَهُ

إِخلافُ موعِدِهِ تَقاطُعُنا

Set for us a deadline we can prepare for

Breaking its appointment severs ties between us