خانكbetrayed you الصبرُpatience يومَon the day قيلَit was said الرحيلُdeparture
خانك الصبرُ يومَ قيلَ الرحيلُ
إنّindeed خطبَthe ordeal الفراقِof separation خطبٌan ordeal جليلُgrave
إنّ خطبَ الفراقِ خطبٌ جليلُ
Patience betrayed you on the day departure was announced.
Patience failed you on the day of farewell
Indeed, the ordeal of separation is a grave ordeal.
Indeed, the matter of parting is momentous
وتزودتَand you took provisions منfrom سليماكyour Sulayma زاداًprovisions
وتزودتَ من سليماك زاداً
فيهin it للطالبِfor one seeking الشفاءَhealing غليلُburning thirst
فيه للطالبِ الشفاءَ غليلُ
And you took provisions from your Sulayma,
And you took provisions from your love
In them, the seeker of healing finds burning thirst.
In which is healing for an aching heart
نظرتshe gazed حضرةَat the moment of الوداعِfarewell بعينٍwith an eye
نظرت حضرةَ الوداعِ بعينٍ
غسلتْهاwashed it الدموعُthe tears وهْيand it was كحيلُdark with kohl
غسلتْها الدموعُ وهْي كحيلُ
She gazed at the moment of farewell with an eye
You looked upon the presence of farewell with an eye
Washed by tears and dark with kohl.
Washed by tears like kohl
يحدُرُdraws down الماءَthe water منfrom محاجرِthe sockets of عينيtwo eyes
يحدُرُ الماءَ من محاجرِ عيني
هاher علىonto خدّهاher cheek مسيلٌa channel أسيلُsmooth
ها على خدّها مسيلٌ أسيلُ
The water is drawn down from the sockets of her eyes
Water flows from my eyes
Onto her cheek by a smooth channel.
Oh, on her cheek a flowing, streaming trail