أَقولُ لِأَسماءَ اِشتِكاءً وَلا أُرى

أَقولُ لِأَسماءَ اِشتِكاءً وَلا أُرى

عَلى إِثرِ شَيءٍ قَد تَفاوَتَ مُجزَعا

عَلى إِثرِ شَيءٍ قَد تَفاوَتَ مُجزَعا

I say to Asma in complaint, though I am not seen

I say to Asma, complaining, yet I see no

distraught over something now far beyond reach:

Sign that anything has changed, to my dismay

أَلَم تَعلَمي يا أَسمَ أَنّي مُغاضِبٌ

أَلَم تَعلَمي يا أَسمَ أَنّي مُغاضِبٌ

أَحَبَّ جَميعِ الناسِ لَو جُمِّعوا مَعا

أَحَبَّ جَميعِ الناسِ لَو جُمِّعوا مَعا

Did you not know, Asma, that I am at odds with

Don't you know, O Asma, that I am angry

the dearest of all people, were they gathered together,

With all people, were they gathered today

وَأَنَّ اللَيالي طُلنَ مُنذُ هَجَرتِني

وَأَنَّ اللَيالي طُلنَ مُنذُ هَجَرتِني

وَكُنَّ قِصاراً قَبلَ أَن نَتَصَدَّعا

وَكُنَّ قِصاراً قَبلَ أَن نَتَصَدَّعا

and that the nights have grown long since you forsook me,

The nights since you abandoned me are long

and they were short before we parted,

And once short, before we grew apart

وَأَن لَم نَزَل مُنذُ اِهتَجَرنا كَأَنَّني

وَأَن لَم نَزَل مُنذُ اِهتَجَرنا كَأَنَّني

مُعادٍ فِراشي ما أُلايِمُ مَضجَعا

مُعادٍ فِراشي ما أُلايِمُ مَضجَعا

and that, since we shunned each other, we have remained as though I

Since we became estranged, I remain as though

were my bed’s enemy, finding no resting-place congenial?

I shared my bed with tribulation and smart