هدهدتُ حبي في المِهادْ

هدهدتُ حبي في المِهادْ

ووأدتهُ قبل الفطامْ

ووأدتهُ قبل الفطامْ

I rocked my love in the cradle,

I cradled my love in the cradle,

And I buried it alive before it was weaned.

And smothered it before weaning.

ميعاده يومَ المَعادْ

ميعاده يومَ المَعادْ

يومٌ تُعادُ به العظامْ

يومٌ تُعادُ به العظامْ

Its appointed time is the Day of Resurrection,

Its tryst is the day of the return,

A day on which the bones are restored.

The day when bones are restored.

أملٌ أضاء به الفؤادْ

أملٌ أضاء به الفؤادْ

لما خبا ساد الظلامْ

لما خبا ساد الظلامْ

A hope with which the heart shone;

A hope that lit up my heart,

When it went out, darkness reigned.

When sadness prevailed darkness.

الشوق عندي في ازديادْ

الشوق عندي في ازديادْ

وعلى الهوى مني السلامْ

وعلى الهوى مني السلامْ

My longing is growing,

Yearning for me is on the rise,

And to love I bid farewell.

And my regards to passion.

عَفَتِ البلادُ مع العبادْ

عَفَتِ البلادُ مع العبادْ

واستثقلتْ نفسي الكلامْ

واستثقلتْ نفسي الكلامْ

The lands have faded away, along with the people,

The countries became devoid of people,

And my soul found speech burdensome.

And talking became hard on myself.

قد هَدَّني طولُ البِعادْ

قد هَدَّني طولُ البِعادْ

لما تركتُكِ في الرَّغامْ

لما تركتُكِ في الرَّغامْ

Long separation has indeed broken me,

The length of distance has guided me,

When I left you in the dust,

When I left you in the sand.

لما دفنتُكِ يا سُعادْ

لما دفنتُكِ يا سُعادْ

أسقيتِني الموتَ الزؤامْ

أسقيتِني الموتَ الزؤامْ

When I buried you, O Su'ad,

When I buried you, O happiness,

You made me drink swift, dreadful death.

You quenched me with perpetual death.

حاربتُ نومي والوِسادْ

حاربتُ نومي والوِسادْ

والقلبُ أمسى كالحطامْ

والقلبُ أمسى كالحطامْ

I battled my sleep and the pillow,

I fought my sleep and pillow,

And the heart became like wreckage.

While my heart turned into debris.