لَولا الرَقيب غَداةَ زَمّوا الأَينَقا

لَولا الرَقيب غَداةَ زَمّوا الأَينَقا

لَسَقَيتُ بالتَوديعِ قَلباً مُحرَقا

لَسَقَيتُ بالتَوديعِ قَلباً مُحرَقا

Had it not been for the watcher that morning they bridled the she-camels,

Had there been no watcher when they packed to depart at dawn

I would have watered a scorched heart with farewell.

I would have bidden farewell to a burning heart

صُنتُ الدُموعَ فأَظهَرَتِ النَوى

صُنتُ الدُموعَ فأَظهَرَتِ النَوى

مِنّـــــــــــي

مِنّـــــــــــي

I held back my tears, but separation brought them forth

I held back my tears but my eyes betrayed

from me.

My sorrow

وَجَعَلتُ أَنظُر في خِلالِ مَطيّهم

وَجَعَلتُ أَنظُر في خِلالِ مَطيّهم

مُتَلَفِّقاً حَذَرَ المُراقِبِ مُشفِقا

مُتَلَفِّقاً حَذَرَ المُراقِبِ مُشفِقا

And I began to look between their mounts,

And I watched from between their mounts

dissembling, for fear of the watcher, apprehensive.

Keeping wary of the watcher, apprehensive,

لَو كانَ صَرفُ الدَهر أَصبَحَ ذائِعاً

لَو كانَ صَرفُ الدَهر أَصبَحَ ذائِعاً

لِلبُعدِ أَصبَحَ جا

لِلبُعدِ أَصبَحَ جا

If time's vicissitudes had become widely known,

If the turns of fate were common knowledge

Because of separation, it became [text incomplete].

Parting would have become easy