يا خَليلَيَّ قَرِّبا لي رِكابي

يا خَليلَيَّ قَرِّبا لي رِكابي

وَاِستُرا ذاكُما غَداً عَن صِحابي

وَاِستُرا ذاكُما غَداً عَن صِحابي

O my two friends, bring my riding camels near for me,

O my two friends, prepare for me my mount

and tomorrow conceal that from my companions.

And tomorrow hide that from my companions

وَاِقرَآ مِنّي السَلامَ عَلى الرَس

وَاِقرَآ مِنّي السَلامَ عَلى الرَس

مِ الَّذي مِن مِنىً بِجَنبِ الحِصابِ

مِ الَّذي مِن مِنىً بِجَنبِ الحِصابِ

And convey my greeting to the campsite's trace

Convey my greetings to the messenger

that lies in Mina beside al-Hisab.

From Mina, next to the rock piles

وَاِعلَما أَنَّني أُصِبتُ بِداءٍ

وَاِعلَما أَنَّني أُصِبتُ بِداءٍ

داخِلٍ في الضُلوعِ دونَ الحِجابِ

داخِلٍ في الضُلوعِ دونَ الحِجابِ

And know, you two, that I am afflicted with an ailment

And let him know that I have fallen ill

lodged within the ribs, this side of the inner veil.

With an ailment piercing my ribs beneath the cloak

ثُمَّ صَدَّت بِوَجهِها عَمدَ عَينٍ

ثُمَّ صَدَّت بِوَجهِها عَمدَ عَينٍ

زَينَبٌ لِلقَضاءِ أُمُّ الحُبابِ

زَينَبٌ لِلقَضاءِ أُمُّ الحُبابِ

Then she knowingly and deliberately turned her face away—

Then Zainab averted with her face intentionally

Zaynab, Umm al-Hubab—as fate decreed.

For fate, mother of all loved ones

فَرَأى ذاكَ صاحِبايَ فَقالا

فَرَأى ذاكَ صاحِبايَ فَقالا

مَنطِقاً خابَ لَم يَكُن مِن جَوابي

مَنطِقاً خابَ لَم يَكُن مِن جَوابي

My two companions saw that and spoke

So my two companions saw that and said

words that failed, that were no answer of mine.

Words that were mistaken, no response from me

إِنَّ مِنّي الفُؤادَ ذا اللُبِّ فيما

إِنَّ مِنّي الفُؤادَ ذا اللُبِّ فيما

قَد يُرى ظاهِراً لَعينِ مُصابِ

قَد يُرى ظاهِراً لَعينِ مُصابِ

Indeed, my heart, endowed with reason, as

That my heart, the one with sense, in what

may plainly be seen by the eye, is stricken.

May be seen outwardly by the eye of the afflicted

فَرَدَدتُ الَّذي مِنَ الجَهلِ قالا

فَرَدَدتُ الَّذي مِنَ الجَهلِ قالا

بِمَقالٍ قَد قُلتُهُ بِصَوابِ

بِمَقالٍ قَد قُلتُهُ بِصَوابِ

So I refuted what they said in ignorance

So I turned back what was said ignorantly

with words I uttered aright:

With words I had spoken rightfully

إِن تَكونا كَتَمتُما اليَومَ دائي

إِن تَكونا كَتَمتُما اليَومَ دائي

فَذَراني فَقَد كَفاني ما بي

فَذَراني فَقَد كَفاني ما بي

If you two have concealed my ailment today,

If you've concealed my illness today

then leave me; what ails me is enough for me.

Then leave me, for what is in me is enough

غَيرَ أَنّي وَدَدتُ أَنَّ عَذاباً

غَيرَ أَنّي وَدَدتُ أَنَّ عَذاباً

صُبَّ يَوماً عَلَيكُما مِن عَذابي

صُبَّ يَوماً عَلَيكُما مِن عَذابي

Only, I wished that some torment

Except that I wished torment

from my own were poured upon you both one day,

Would be poured upon you one day from my torment

فَتَذوقانِ بَعضَ ما ذُقتُ مِنها

فَتَذوقانِ بَعضَ ما ذُقتُ مِنها

أَو تَدابانِ حِقبَةً مِثلَ دابي

أَو تَدابانِ حِقبَةً مِثلَ دابي

so you would taste some of what I tasted from her,

So you would taste some of what I tasted

or toil for a while as I toil.

Or live a period like my living

لا تَنالانِ ذَلِكَ الوَصلَ مِنها

لا تَنالانِ ذَلِكَ الوَصلَ مِنها

أَو تَنالا السَماءَ بِالأَسبابِ

أَو تَنالا السَماءَ بِالأَسبابِ

You will not attain that union with her

You won't attain that union with her

unless you reach the sky by ropes.

Or attain the sky with causes