يا نعمة ولت ولا يرجى لها

يا نعمة ولت ولا يرجى لها

عود ولكن ذكرها يضنيني

عود ولكن ذكرها يضنيني

O blessing that has passed, with no hope of

O bliss that has passed and will not return

return—yet its memory wears me down.

Though the memory of you still makes me yearn

يا ليتني لما أضعتك مرغما

يا ليتني لما أضعتك مرغما

ضيعت معك تذكري وحنيني

ضيعت معك تذكري وحنيني

O, would that, when I lost you against my will,

If only when I was forced to let you go

I had lost with you my remembrance and my longing.

I'd let my memories and longing also forgo