كانَ ما كُنتُ مُشفِقاً أَن يَكونا

كانَ ما كُنتُ مُشفِقاً أَن يَكونا

أَحسَنَ اللَهُ صُحبَةَ الظاعِنينا

أَحسَنَ اللَهُ صُحبَةَ الظاعِنينا

What I feared would happen has happened.

What I feared would happen came to pass

May God be a kind companion to those departing.

God bless the companionship of the two who departed

اِستَقَلّوا وَراءَهُم مَطلَعَ الشَم

اِستَقَلّوا وَراءَهُم مَطلَعَ الشَم

سِ وَخَلّوا بَناتِ نَعشٍ يَمينا

سِ وَخَلّوا بَناتِ نَعشٍ يَمينا

They set out with the sun's rising-place behind them,

They left with the rising sun behind them

and left the Daughters of Naʿsh on their right.

Leaving to me the daughters of a bier on my right

فَاِستَهاموا قَلباً يَذوبُ مِن الشَو

فَاِستَهاموا قَلباً يَذوبُ مِن الشَو

قِ وَعَيناً تَبكي فَتُبكي العُيونا

قِ وَعَيناً تَبكي فَتُبكي العُيونا

So they bewitched a heart that melts with longing,

So they took away a heart melting with passion

and an eye that weeps, making other eyes weep.

And an eye that weeps, making other eyes weep