يا مُعرِضاً راضياً وغَضبانَا

يا مُعرِضاً راضياً وغَضبانَا

وهاجِرِي هاجعاً ويقْظانَا

وهاجِرِي هاجعاً ويقْظانَا

O you who turn away, whether pleased or angry,

O you who turn away satisfied and wrathful

and forsake me, whether asleep or awake:

And emigrate but will return awake

صَددتَ إمّا لِهفوةٍ فَرَطَتْ

صَددتَ إمّا لِهفوةٍ فَرَطَتْ

مِنّي وإِمّا ظُلماً وعُدوانَا

مِنّي وإِمّا ظُلماً وعُدوانَا

You turned away, either for a lapse committed

You have intended either a mistake I made

by me, or unjustly and with hostility.

Or injustice and aggression from me

طيفُكَ ما بالُهُ يُهاجرني

طيفُكَ ما بالُهُ يُهاجرني

مَنْ أعلمَ الطيفَ بالّذي كَانَا

مَنْ أعلمَ الطيفَ بالّذي كَانَا

Your phantom—why does it forsake me?

Why does your specter emigrate me

Who told the phantom what had happened?

Who informed the specter of what we were