طَوَتني المَنايا يَومَ أَلهو بِلَذَّةٍ

طَوَتني المَنايا يَومَ أَلهو بِلَذَّةٍ

وَقَد غابَ عَنّي أَحمَدٌ وَمُحَمَّدُ

وَقَد غابَ عَنّي أَحمَدٌ وَمُحَمَّدُ

May death fold me away the day I revel in pleasure,

The vicissitudes of fate distracted me on a joyous day,

while Ahmad and Muhammad are absent from me.

When Ahmad and Muhammad vanished from my sight.

جَزى اللَهُ أَيّامَ الفِراقِ مَلامَةً

جَزى اللَهُ أَيّامَ الفِراقِ مَلامَةً

كَما لَيسَ يَومٌ في التَفَرُّقِ يُحمَدُ

كَما لَيسَ يَومٌ في التَفَرُّقِ يُحمَدُ

May God repay the days of parting with reproach,

May God condemn to misery the days we were apart,

just as no day spent apart is praised.

For never is there a day of separation that can be praised.

إِذا ما اِنقَضى يَومٌ بِشَوقٍ مُبَرِّحٍ

إِذا ما اِنقَضى يَومٌ بِشَوقٍ مُبَرِّحٍ

أَتى بِاِشتِياقٍ فادِحٍ بَعدَهُ غَدُ

أَتى بِاِشتِياقٍ فادِحٍ بَعدَهُ غَدُ

Whenever a day passes with agonizing longing,

When a blissful day of yearning ends,

the morrow after it comes with crushing yearning.

Another follows it, bringing intense longing.

فَلَم يُبقِ مِنّي طولُ شَوقي إِلَيهِمُ

فَلَم يُبقِ مِنّي طولُ شَوقي إِلَيهِمُ

سِوى حَسَراتٍ في الحَشى تَتَرَدَّدُ

سِوى حَسَراتٍ في الحَشى تَتَرَدَّدُ

So my long yearning for them has left nothing of me

My enduring desire for them

but sorrows that keep returning within my breast.

Has left me with nothing but regrets throbbing in my heart.

خَليلَيَّ ما أَرتَعتُ طَرفِيَ بَهجَةً

خَليلَيَّ ما أَرتَعتُ طَرفِيَ بَهجَةً

وَما اِنبَسَطَت مِنّي إِلى لَذَّةٍ يَدُ

وَما اِنبَسَطَت مِنّي إِلى لَذَّةٍ يَدُ

My two dear friends, I have not let my gaze graze on delight,

My friends, I have tasted no delight,

nor has a hand of mine stretched toward pleasure.

Nor have my hands reached out to pleasure.

وَلا اِستَحدَثَت نَفسي خَليلاً مُجَدَّداً

وَلا اِستَحدَثَت نَفسي خَليلاً مُجَدَّداً

فَيُذهِلُني عَنهُ الخَليلُ المُجَدَّدُ

فَيُذهِلُني عَنهُ الخَليلُ المُجَدَّدُ

Nor has my soul acquired a new friend,

Nor has my soul created a new, beloved friend

so that the new friend might distract me from him.

Who could make me forget that newly beloved one.

وَلا حُلتُ عَن عَهدي الَّذي قَد عَهِدتُما

وَلا حُلتُ عَن عَهدي الَّذي قَد عَهِدتُما

فَدوما عَلى العَهدِ الَّذي كُنتُ أَعهَدُ

فَدوما عَلى العَهدِ الَّذي كُنتُ أَعهَدُ

Nor have I departed from my pledge, which you both knew;

Nor have I abandoned the pact I made with you both,

so both of you stand by the pledge I used to know.

I have always kept to the pact that I was accustomed to.

فَإِن تَختَلوا دوني بِأُنسٍ وَلَذَّةٍ

فَإِن تَختَلوا دوني بِأُنسٍ وَلَذَّةٍ

فَإِنّي بِطولِ البَثِّ وَالشَوقِ مُفرَدُ

فَإِنّي بِطولِ البَثِّ وَالشَوقِ مُفرَدُ

For if you withdraw without me into companionship and pleasure,

So if you two enjoy intimacy and bliss without me,

then I am left alone with prolonged sorrow and longing.

I will be alone in my constant pouring out of love and longing.