أأحبَابنَا ما أشتكِي بعد بُعدِكُمْ

أأحبَابنَا ما أشتكِي بعد بُعدِكُمْ

سوى أنَّنِي باقٍ ولُبِّيَ حَاضرُ

سوى أنَّنِي باقٍ ولُبِّيَ حَاضرُ

O our beloved ones, since parting from you I complain of nothing

I do not complain, my friends, of your absence after parting,

Except that I live on, and my reason remains intact.

Except that I remain while my heart is present.

وما هكذَا يَقضِي وفَائِي وإنّما

وما هكذَا يَقضِي وفَائِي وإنّما

جَرَتْ بهواها لا هَوايَ المقادِرُ

جَرَتْ بهواها لا هَوايَ المقادِرُ

And my loyalty does not decree this; rather,

And this is not how my loyalty ends, but rather

The decrees of fate have followed their own desire, not mine.

My destiny has followed its passions, not my own.

وقد كان للبَينِ المُشِتِّ أوائلٌ

وقد كان للبَينِ المُشِتِّ أوائلٌ

وليس له حتّى المماتِ أواخرُ

وليس له حتّى المماتِ أواخرُ

And the sundering separation had its beginnings,

Separation's sharp pangs had a beginning,

And it has no end until death.

But even death will not end them.