رُدّي التحيةَ من وراءِ حجابِكِ

رُدّي التحيةَ من وراءِ حجابِكِ

رَدّ الإلهُ قُلوبَنا بإيابِكِ

رَدّ الإلهُ قُلوبَنا بإيابِكِ

Return the greeting from behind your veil.

Return my greeting from behind your veil

May God restore our hearts with your return.

God has returned our hearts with your return

قد كُنْتُ آنسُ بالمرورِ ببابكِ

قد كُنْتُ آنسُ بالمرورِ ببابكِ

فالآن أُوحَشُ إذ غدَوْا بركابِكِ

فالآن أُوحَشُ إذ غدَوْا بركابِكِ

I used to find solace in passing by your door.

I used to find solace in passing by your abode

But now I am desolate, since they set out with your riding camels.

Now I'm forlorn when they depart with your mount

ما المَوْتُ في سكراتِهِ بأشدَّ مِنْ

ما المَوْتُ في سكراتِهِ بأشدَّ مِنْ

وجْدي عشيَّة آذنوا بذَهابِكِ

وجْدي عشيَّة آذنوا بذَهابِكِ

Death in its throes is no harsher than

Death in its intoxication is not more intense

my anguish that evening when they announced your departure.

Than my torment the eve they announced your leaving

فتيقَّني أنْ قد قتلْتِ فتىً له

فتيقَّني أنْ قد قتلْتِ فتىً له

قلبٌ تشحَّطَ في أليمِ عذابِكِ

قلبٌ تشحَّطَ في أليمِ عذابِكِ

So be certain that you have indeed killed a youth whose

So know that you've slain a man whose heart

heart writhed in your agonizing torment.

Was shredded by the pain of your torment

ما للْمطيِّ تخاذلتْ أركانُهُ

ما للْمطيِّ تخاذلتْ أركانُهُ

لمّا غدا مُتقاذِفاً بقبابِكِ

لمّا غدا مُتقاذِفاً بقبابِكِ

What ails the riding camels, whose legs gave way

Why did the stead's legs weaken and falter

when they set out, swaying with your canopied litters,

When it set out jostled by your camel litter

وتزايلَتْ أوصالُه عن رحْلِهِ

وتزايلَتْ أوصالُه عن رحْلِهِ

إذْ بتَّ حَبْلي من عُرا أسبابِكِ

إذْ بتَّ حَبْلي من عُرا أسبابِكِ

and whose limbs fell away from their saddles

And its limbs detached from its saddle

when my cord was severed from the loops of your cords?

When my rope was cut from the cords of your causes