سَقى اللَّهُ الّتي طَردتْ وسادي

سَقى اللَّهُ الّتي طَردتْ وسادي

وكانتْ لِي معاصمُها وسادا

وكانتْ لِي معاصمُها وسادا

May God send rain upon her who banished my pillow,

May God water the one who drove away my pillow

and her wrists were a pillow for me.

And was for me a support as a pillow

جعلتُ وقد خلعتُ نِجادَ سيفي

جعلتُ وقد خلعتُ نِجادَ سيفي

غدائرَها لعاتِقِيَ النّجادا

غدائرَها لعاتِقِيَ النّجادا

Having taken off my sword's baldric, I made

I have taken off my sword's sheath

her braids the baldric for my shoulder.

Making her plaits my new sheath

فإنْ يكُ مُنْصُلِي عَضْباً حَديداً

فإنْ يكُ مُنْصُلِي عَضْباً حَديداً

فإنَّ لحسنها نُصُلاً حِدادا

فإنَّ لحسنها نُصُلاً حِدادا

For if my sword is keen-edged and sharp,

If my sword is tempered steel

then her beauty has sharp blades.

Then her beauty is a finely honed blade

فما أدرِي وقد قضّيت نَحْبِي

فما أدرِي وقد قضّيت نَحْبِي

أَغيَّاً كانَ ذلكَ أَمْ رَشادا

أَغيَّاً كانَ ذلكَ أَمْ رَشادا

So I do not know, now that I have met my death,

And now that I have met my fate

whether that was error or right guidance.

I know not if it was in error or rightly guided