حَبيبٌ نَأى عَنّي الزَمانُ بِقُربِهِ

حَبيبٌ نَأى عَنّي الزَمانُ بِقُربِهِ

فَصَيَّرَني فَرداً بِغَيرِ حَبيبِ

فَصَيَّرَني فَرداً بِغَيرِ حَبيبِ

A beloved—time has carried his nearness far from me,

A beloved who time has taken from me with his nearness

And made me solitary, without a beloved.

Has made me solitary without a beloved

فَلي قَلبُ مَحزونٍ وَعَقلُ مُدَلَّهٍ

فَلي قَلبُ مَحزونٍ وَعَقلُ مُدَلَّهٍ

وَوَحشَةُ مَهجورٍ وَذُلُّ غَريبِ

وَوَحشَةُ مَهجورٍ وَذُلُّ غَريبِ

So I have the heart of one sorrowful and the mind of one distraught,

So I have a sorrowful heart and a dangling mind

And the loneliness of one forsaken and the humiliation of a stranger.

And the loneliness of an abandoned one and the humiliation of a stranger

فَيا عُقَبَ الأَيامِ هَل فيكِ مَطمَعٌ

فَيا عُقَبَ الأَيامِ هَل فيكِ مَطمَعٌ

لِرَدِّ حَبيبٍ أَو لِدَفعِ كُروبِ

لِرَدِّ حَبيبٍ أَو لِدَفعِ كُروبِ

Then, O turns of the days, is there any hope in you

O consequence of days, is there in you a hope

Of bringing a beloved back, or warding off sorrows?

Of restoring a beloved or dispelling sorrows