وَكُنّا سَأَلنا اللَهَ يَجمَعُ بَينَنا

وَكُنّا سَأَلنا اللَهَ يَجمَعُ بَينَنا

وَيَقضي لَنا بِالقُربِ مِنكُم وَيَحكُمُ

وَيَقضي لَنا بِالقُربِ مِنكُم وَيَحكُمُ

And we had asked God to bring us together,

We had asked God to reunite us

And decree nearness to you for us, and ordain it,

And to let us be close to you, to rule for us,

وَنَجلو بِأَيّامِ السُرورِ وَنورِها

وَنَجلو بِأَيّامِ السُرورِ وَنورِها

لَيالِيَ أَحزانٍ بِها العَيشُ مُظلِمُ

لَيالِيَ أَحزانٍ بِها العَيشُ مُظلِمُ

And that, with days of joy and their light, we might dispel

And to bring back for us days of happiness and their light,

Nights of sorrow in which life is dark.

Nights of sorrows in which life was gloomy.

فَلَمّا أَنِسنا مِنكُمُ بِخَلائِقٍ

فَلَمّا أَنِسنا مِنكُمُ بِخَلائِقٍ

تُصَدِّقُ ما تَروي الخَلائِقُ عَنكُمُ

تُصَدِّقُ ما تَروي الخَلائِقُ عَنكُمُ

But when we took comfort in qualities of yours

When we were pleased by your good manners

That confirmed what people recount about you,

That confirmed what good manners say of you,

تَباعَدتُمُ لا أَبعَدَ اللَهُ دارَكُم

تَباعَدتُمُ لا أَبعَدَ اللَهُ دارَكُم

وَأَوحَشتُمُ وَلا أَوحَشَ اللَهُ مِنكُمُ

وَأَوحَشتُمُ وَلا أَوحَشَ اللَهُ مِنكُمُ

You drew away—may God never make your home distant—

You kept your distance, may God not banish you far,

And left us desolate—may God never leave us bereft of you.

You became distant, may God not make you strangers.