أسَاكِنَ قلبِي والمَهامِهُ بَيننَا

أسَاكِنَ قلبِي والمَهامِهُ بَيننَا

وإنسانَ عَينِي والمَزارُ بعيدُ

وإنسانَ عَينِي والمَزارُ بعيدُ

O dweller in my heart, though trackless deserts lie between us,

You reside in my heart and stand between us

And pupil of my eye, though the meeting-place is far away,

And are the light of my eyes though we are far apart

تُمثّلُكَ الأشواقُ لي كُلَّ ليلةٍ

تُمثّلُكَ الأشواقُ لي كُلَّ ليلةٍ

فَهمّي جديدٌ والفِراقُ جَديدُ

فَهمّي جديدٌ والفِراقُ جَديدُ

Longings conjure your image for me every night;

Yearning represents you to me every night

So my grief is fresh, and separation is fresh.

So my worries are new and separation is new

ومُعظمُ هَمّي أنّ عُمر فِرَاقِنا

ومُعظمُ هَمّي أنّ عُمر فِرَاقِنا

مَديدٌ وعُمرِي للشقاءِ مَديدُ

مَديدٌ وعُمرِي للشقاءِ مَديدُ

And my greatest grief is that the span of our separation

Most of my worries are that the time of our separation

Is long, and my life is long in misery.

Is long while my lifetime of misery is long

فيا صخرُ ما الخنساءُ مثلي ولا نَهَى

فيا صخرُ ما الخنساءُ مثلي ولا نَهَى

بَوادِرَ دَمعِي ما قَضاهُ لَبيدُ

بَوادِرَ دَمعِي ما قَضاهُ لَبيدُ

So, O Sakhr, al-Khansa is not like me; nor has

So O rock, neither al-Khansa' nor Naha

What Labid decreed checked the sudden gushes of my tears.

Can match the early signs of my tears or what Labid decreed