أحْبَابَنا إن كان هجرُكُمُ

أحْبَابَنا إن كان هجرُكُمُ

غَدراً فُوُدّي غيرُ منتَقِلِ

غَدراً فُوُدّي غيرُ منتَقِلِ

Our beloved ones, if your abandonment is

If your abandonment, my friends, was

treachery, then my love remains unchanged.

An act of betrayal, may it pass unchanging;

أو كانَ من مَلَلٍ طَرا فَعسى

أو كانَ من مَلَلٍ طَرا فَعسى

تَطْرَا مَلالَةُ ذَلِكَ المَلَلِ

تَطْرَا مَلالَةُ ذَلِكَ المَلَلِ

Or if it is from weariness that arose, perhaps

Or if it arose from boredom, perhaps

weariness of that weariness will arise.

That boredom's tedium will itself pass;

والصبرُ دَأْبي أو تُفَاجِئَني

والصبرُ دَأْبي أو تُفَاجِئَني

بُشْرَى الرِّضَا أو راحةُ الأجَلِ

بُشْرَى الرِّضَا أو راحةُ الأجَلِ

And patience is my way, until I am surprised by

Patience is my practice, though you surprise me

glad tidings of favor, or the relief of death.

With the solace of acceptance or the rest of death.