آهاً لشملٍ وقد وهى سلكهُ

آهاً لشملٍ وقد وهى سلكهُ

وكان ذا دُرٍّ بعبد الرحيم

وكان ذا دُرٍّ بعبد الرحيم

Alas for a union whose thread has grown weak!

Alas for a union that has passed away!

And it had a pearl in Abd al-Rahim.

It belonged to Abd al-Rahim, and was a pearl.

فليتني لاقيتُ منه الردى

فليتني لاقيتُ منه الردى

وعاش ذاك الدّرّ درًّا يتيم

وعاش ذاك الدّرّ درًّا يتيم

Would that I had met death through him,

Would that I had met with kindness from him!

And that pearl had lived on, an orphan pearl.

But that pearl lives lonely now, an orphan.