قَضَّيْتُ مَا وَعَدَ التَّلاَقِي

قَضَّيْتُ مَا وَعَدَ التَّلاَقِي

وَكَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَأْتِيَا

وَكَانَ وَعْدُهُ مَأْتِيَا

I fulfilled what the meeting had promised,

I have fulfilled what was promised by our meeting

I have fulfilled what our meeting had promised,

And its promise came to pass:

And his promise was destined to come

And its promise was always bound to come.

أَنْ أَصْطَلِي نَارَ الْفِرَا

أَنْ أَصْطَلِي نَارَ الْفِرَا

قِ فَكَانَ حَتْماً مَقْضِيَا

قِ فَكَانَ حَتْماً مَقْضِيَا

That I should burn in the fire of separa-

That I quench the fire of separation

That I should burn in the flames of separation,

tion; so it was inevitably decreed.

So it was inevitably fulfilled

Which was an absolute, inevitable decree.

اَلْبَيْنُ هَيَّجَ صَبْوَتِي

اَلْبَيْنُ هَيَّجَ صَبْوَتِي

وَأَعَادَ لُبِّيَ مَسْبِيَا

وَأَعَادَ لُبِّيَ مَسْبِيَا

Separation stirred my passionate longing

The distance stirred up my passion

Parting has awakened my fervent yearning,

And made my mind captive once more.

And made my determination a captive

And taken my mind captive once again.

وَالْبَيْنُ أَضْرَمَ لَوْعَتِي

وَالْبَيْنُ أَضْرَمَ لَوْعَتِي

وَأَصَارَ قَلْبِي مَكْوِيَا

وَأَصَارَ قَلْبِي مَكْوِيَا

And separation kindled my anguish

And the distance caused my agony to blaze

Parting has set my anguish ablaze,

And left my heart seared.

And made my heart roasted

And left my heart branded and seared.

وَالْبَيْنُ صَبَّرَ مُقْلَتِي

وَالْبَيْنُ صَبَّرَ مُقْلَتِي

تَبْكِي الدِّمَاءَ تَعَدِّيَا

تَبْكِي الدِّمَاءَ تَعَدِّيَا

And separation made my eye endure

And the distance disciplined my love

Parting has condemned my eyes

Weeping blood, in cruel excess.

To shed tears excessively

To weep tears of blood in cruel excess.

وَبِعَادُ مَالِكِ مُهْجَتِي

وَبِعَادُ مَالِكِ مُهْجَتِي

لِحَشَايَ أَمْسَى مُرْدِيَا

لِحَشَايَ أَمْسَى مُرْدِيَا

And the absence of my soul’s master

And the absence of my beloved

And the estrangement of the master of my soul

Has become fatal to my innermost heart.

Made my eyes shed tears all night

Has become fatal to my very core.

وَمُعَذِّبِي بِعَذَابِ مَنْ

وَمُعَذِّبِي بِعَذَابِ مَنْ

مَا دَانَ دِيناً مَرْضِيَا

مَا دَانَ دِيناً مَرْضِيَا

And as for my tormentor, who gives me the torment of one

And my tormentor, with the torment of one

And my tormentor inflicts the agony of one

Who has professed no acceptable faith—

Who never professed a satisfactory religion

Who professes no acceptable faith.

قَدْ قُلْتُ عِنْدَ وَدَاعِهِ

قَدْ قُلْتُ عِنْدَ وَدَاعِهِ

يَوْمَ الرَّحِيلِ تَمَنِّيَا

يَوْمَ الرَّحِيلِ تَمَنِّيَا

Indeed, I said when bidding him farewell,

I had said, on the day of his farewell,

I said at the moment of his farewell,

On the day of departure, wishfully:

On the day of departure, longingly:

On the day of departure, uttering a wish:

يَا لَيْتَنِي قَبْلَ الْوَدَا

يَا لَيْتَنِي قَبْلَ الْوَدَا

عِ كُنْتُ نَسْياً مَنْسِيَا

عِ كُنْتُ نَسْياً مَنْسِيَا

Oh, would that, before the fare-

Oh, if only before the farewell

Oh, would that I, before this farewell,

well, I had been a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!

I had been completely forgotten

Had been a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten.