نَأيٌ وَشيكٌ وَاِنطِلاقُ

نَأيٌ وَشيكٌ وَاِنطِلاقُ

وَغَليلُ شَوقٍ وَاِحتِراقُ

وَغَليلُ شَوقٍ وَاِحتِراقُ

Imminent separation, and departure,

Parting is near, and departure,

And longing's burning thirst, and consuming fire.

And boiling longing and burning passion,

بِأَبي هَوىً وَدَّعتُهُ

بِأَبي هَوىً وَدَّعتُهُ

تاهَت بِصُحبَتِهِ الرِفاقُ

تاهَت بِصُحبَتِهِ الرِفاقُ

May my father be ransom for a beloved I bade farewell to;

For one I loved I bade farewell,

The companions gloried in his company.

My companions were lost in his company,

بَدرٌ يُضيءُ لِعاشِقي

بَدرٌ يُضيءُ لِعاشِقي

هِ وَما يَطيفُ بِهِ المَحاقُ

هِ وَما يَطيفُ بِهِ المَحاقُ

A full moon shining for those who love

A full moon that lights the way for lovers,

him; and no waning ever draws near him.

Wandering not in the horizon's mirage,

وَتَمَرَّهَت وَتَشَعَّثَت

وَتَمَرَّهَت وَتَشَعَّثَت

جَزَعاً لِغَيبَتِهِ العِراقُ

جَزَعاً لِغَيبَتِهِ العِراقُ

And, without kohl and disheveled,

It withered and became disheveled,

Iraq was distraught at his absence.

In sorrow for his absence, Iraq,

المَوتُ عِندي وَالفِرا

المَوتُ عِندي وَالفِرا

قُ كِلاهُما ما لا يُطاقُ

قُ كِلاهُما ما لا يُطاقُ

Death, to me, and separa-

Death to me and separation,

tion—both are beyond endurance.

Both are unbearable,

يَتَعاوَنانِ عَلى النُفو

يَتَعاوَنانِ عَلى النُفو

سِ فَذا الحِمامُ وَذا السِياقُ

سِ فَذا الحِمامُ وَذا السِياقُ

They join forces against the sou-

They work together against souls, so there is the pigeon and the hunter,

ls: this is death, and that the agony of dying.

If this were not so,

لَو لَم يَكُن هَذا كَذا

لَو لَم يَكُن هَذا كَذا

ما قيلَ مَوتٌ أَو فِراقُ

ما قيلَ مَوتٌ أَو فِراقُ

Were this not so,

It would not be said, death or separation.

no one would speak of death or separation.