بانَت لُبَينى فَأَنتَ اليَومَ مَتبولُ

بانَت لُبَينى فَأَنتَ اليَومَ مَتبولُ

وَإِنَّكَ اليَومَ بَعدَ الحَزمِ مَخبولُ

وَإِنَّكَ اليَومَ بَعدَ الحَزمِ مَخبولُ

Lubayna has departed, so today you are love-stricken.

My beloved turned away, so today you've become indifferent,

And today, once sound in judgment, you are indeed deranged.

And today, after being decisive, you've become hesitant.

فَأَصبَحَت عَنكَ لُبنى اليَومَ نازِحَةً

فَأَصبَحَت عَنكَ لُبنى اليَومَ نازِحَةً

وَدَلُّ لُبنى لَها الخَيراتِ مَعسولُ

وَدَلُّ لُبنى لَها الخَيراتِ مَعسولُ

So today Lubna is far away from you.

So my beloved has moved away from you today,

And Lubna's coy charm—may blessings be hers—is honey-sweet.

And the guide to goodness has left her honey sweetened.

هَل تَرجِعَنَّ نَوى لُبنى بِعاقِبَةٍ

هَل تَرجِعَنَّ نَوى لُبنى بِعاقِبَةٍ

كَما عَهِدتَ لَيالي العِشقُ مَقبولُ

كَما عَهِدتَ لَيالي العِشقُ مَقبولُ

Will separation from Lubna be reversed at last,

Will my beloved's determination return as it used to be,

as in the nights you knew, when love was welcomed?

As the nights of lovemaking were once well received?

وَقَد أَراني بِلُبنى حَقَّ مُقتَنِعٍ

وَقَد أَراني بِلُبنى حَقَّ مُقتَنِعٍ

وَالشَملُ مُجتَمِعٌ وَالحَبلُ مَوصولُ

وَالشَملُ مُجتَمِعٌ وَالحَبلُ مَوصولُ

And indeed, I once saw myself truly content with Lubna,

She's made me truly satisfied with her,

and we were together, and the cord was unbroken.

Our bond was strong and the rope was tied.

فَصِرتُ مِن حُبِّ لُبنى حينَ أَذكُرُها

فَصِرتُ مِن حُبِّ لُبنى حينَ أَذكُرُها

القَلبُ مُرتَهَنٌ وَالعَقلُ مَدخولُ

القَلبُ مُرتَهَنٌ وَالعَقلُ مَدخولُ

So, from loving Lubna, whenever I recall her, I am left

Because of my love for her, whenever she's recalled,

with my heart held captive and my mind impaired.

My heart is pledged and my mind possessed.

أَصبَحتَ مِن حُبِّ لُبنى بَل تَذَكُّرِها

أَصبَحتَ مِن حُبِّ لُبنى بَل تَذَكُّرِها

في كُربَةٍ فَفُؤادي اليَومَ مَشغولُ

في كُربَةٍ فَفُؤادي اليَومَ مَشغولُ

Through love of Lubna—rather, through remembering her—you have fallen

Due to love for her, or just the thought of her,

into anguish; so today my heart is preoccupied.

My heart today is preoccupied and distressed.

وَالجِسمُ مِنِّيَ مَنهوكٌ لِفُرقَتِها

وَالجِسمُ مِنِّيَ مَنهوكٌ لِفُرقَتِها

يَبريهِ طولُ سَقامٍ فَهوَ مَنحولُ

يَبريهِ طولُ سَقامٍ فَهوَ مَنحولُ

And my body is worn out by separation from her;

My body is weakened by our separation,

prolonged sickness wears it away, so it is emaciated.

Wasted by prolonged illness, it's become frail.

كَأَنَّني يَومَ وَلَّت ما تُكَلِّمُني

كَأَنَّني يَومَ وَلَّت ما تُكَلِّمُني

أَخو هِيامٍ مُصابُ القَلبِ مَسلولُ

أَخو هِيامٍ مُصابُ القَلبِ مَسلولُ

On the day she turned away without speaking to me, I was like

It's as if, the day she stopped talking to me,

a man mad with love, stricken at heart, consumptive.

I became a crazed lover, brokenhearted and confused.

أَستَودِعُ اللَهَ لُبنى إِذ تُفارِقُني

أَستَودِعُ اللَهَ لُبنى إِذ تُفارِقُني

عَن غَيرِ طَوعٍ وَأَمرُ الشَيخِ مَفعولُ

عَن غَيرِ طَوعٍ وَأَمرُ الشَيخِ مَفعولُ

I entrust Lubna to God as she parts from me,

I trust in God as she leaves me,

unwillingly, while the old man's command is carried out.

Not willingly, as the elder's word was final.