خَلَتِ الدِّيَارُ مِنَ الْبُدُورِ السَّافِرَهْ

خَلَتِ الدِّيَارُ مِنَ الْبُدُورِ السَّافِرَهْ

فَوُجُوهُ آمَالِي لِذَلِكَ بَاسِرَهْ

فَوُجُوهُ آمَالِي لِذَلِكَ بَاسِرَهْ

The dwellings stand empty of unveiled full moons.

The abodes are vacant of the traveling caravans,

The dwellings are devoid of the unveiled full moons,

So the faces of my hopes are gloomy because of that.

So the faces of my hopes for that reason are dejected.

And so the faces of my hopes are thereby sullen.

سَلَبَ السُّرُورَ سُرَاهُمُ عَنْ جُثَّتِي

سَلَبَ السُّرُورَ سُرَاهُمُ عَنْ جُثَّتِي

وَاجْتَثَّ أَوَّلَ مَا رَجَوْتُ وَآخِرَهْ

وَاجْتَثَّ أَوَّلَ مَا رَجَوْتُ وَآخِرَهْ

Their departure by night stripped my body of joy,

Longing robbed the bliss from their bodies,

Their night departure stripped the joy from my body,

And uprooted the first and last of all I hoped for.

And uprooted the first and last of what I hoped for.

And uprooted the first of my hopes, and the last.

أَوْلَيْتُهُمْ شَطْرَ الْفُؤَادِ لأَِنْ دَنَوْا

أَوْلَيْتُهُمْ شَطْرَ الْفُؤَادِ لأَِنْ دَنَوْا

فَالآنَ إِذْ وَلَّوْا تَوَلَّوْا سَائِرَهْ

فَالآنَ إِذْ وَلَّوْا تَوَلَّوْا سَائِرَهْ

I gave them half my heart because they drew near;

I gave them half of my heart when they came near,

I entrusted them with half my heart when they drew near,

So now that they have turned away, they have taken the rest of it.

So now when they have turned away, the rest has turned away.

But now, as they departed, they took away the rest.

أَمَرَ الثَّوَى الزَّفَرَاتِ أنْ تُصْلِنَنِي

أَمَرَ الثَّوَى الزَّفَرَاتِ أنْ تُصْلِنَنِي

نَارَ الْكَآبَةِ فَامْتَثَلْنَ أَوَامِرَهْ

نَارَ الْكَآبَةِ فَامْتَثَلْنَ أَوَامِرَهْ

Ruin commanded the sighs to scorch me

The remains ordered the sighs to join me

My remaining behind commanded the heavy sighs to cast me

With the fire of sorrow, and they obeyed its commands.

To the fire of melancholy, so they obeyed its commands.

Into the fire of melancholy, and they obeyed its commands.

فَالْقَلْبُ مِنِّي خَافِقٌ وَاللُّبُّ

فَالْقَلْبُ مِنِّي خَافِقٌ وَاللُّبُّ

نِّي طَائِشٌ وَالْعَيْنُ مِنِّي سَاهِرَهْ

نِّي طَائِشٌ وَالْعَيْنُ مِنِّي سَاهِرَهْ

So my heart is fluttering, and my mind

Thus my heart quivers, and my mind is distraught,

Thus my heart is palpitating, and my mind

Is distraught, and my eye is sleepless.

And my eyes from me are sleepless.

Is bewildered within me, and my eyes are ever wakeful.

هَذَا وَبَرْقُ الشَّوْقِ لَيْسَ بِخُلَّبٍ

هَذَا وَبَرْقُ الشَّوْقِ لَيْسَ بِخُلَّبٍ

مَا لاَحَ إِلاَّ وَالْمَدَامِعُ هَامِرَهْ

مَا لاَحَ إِلاَّ وَالْمَدَامِعُ هَامِرَهْ

All this—and the lightning of longing is no rainless flash:

And the lightning of passion is not subdued,

All this, and the lightning of longing is no deceptive flash,

It never flashes without tears pouring down.

If it flashes, my tears flow copiously.

For it never gleams but that the tears come pouring down.