أَلا حَيِّ الَّتي قامَت
عَلى خَوفٍ تُحَيِّينا
Alas! For the one who stood
On fear, giving us life
فَفاضَت عَبرَةٌ مِنها
فَكادَ الدَمعُ يُبكينا
Her tears overflowed
Nearly making us weep
لَئِن شَطَّت بِها دارٌ
عَنوجٌ بِالهَوى حينا
If a house parts with her
Passionately loving us once
لَقَد كُنّا نُؤاتيها
وَقَد كانَت تُؤاتينا
We used to visit her
And she’d visit us too
فَلا قُربٌ لَها يَشفي
وَلَيسَ البُعدُ يُسلينا
Neither closeness can heal her
Nor does distance console us
وَقَد قالَت لِتِربَيها
وَرَجعُ القَولِ يَعنينا
She told her loved ones
And her words pierced us
أَلا يا لَيتَما شِعري
وَما قَد كانَ يَمنينا
Alas! If only we’d known
What she wished and desired
أَموفٍ بِالَّذي قالَ
وَما قَد كانَ يُعطينا
Trusting in what he said
And what he would give us
فَقالَت تِربُها ظَنّي
بِهِ أَن سَوفَ يَجزينا
Then her loved one guessed
He would reward us
وَيَعصي قَولَ مَن يَنهى
وَمَن يَعذُلُهُ فينا
And disobey who warns
And who rebukes among us
كَما نَعصي إِلَيهِ عِن
دَ جِدِّ القَولِ ناهينا
As we disobey what he
Strictly forbade warning us
