قَد أَماتَ الهِجرانُ صِبيانُ قَلبي

قَد أَماتَ الهِجرانُ صِبيانُ قَلبي

فَفُؤادي مُعَذَّبٌ في خِبال

فَفُؤادي مُعَذَّبٌ في خِبال

Estrangement has killed the children of my heart.

Separation has slain the youths of my heart,

So my heart is tormented by madness.

So my heart is tortured in anguish.

كَسَرَ البَينُ لَوحَ كَبدي فَما أَطـ

كَسَرَ البَينُ لَوحَ كَبدي فَما أَطـ

ـمَعَ مِمَّن هَوَيتَهُ في وِصال

ـمَعَ مِمَّن هَوَيتَهُ في وِصال

Parting shattered my liver's tablet; I no longer hope

Parting has shattered the tablet of my liver, so I have no

for union with the one you loved.

Hope of union with my beloved.

رَفَعَ الرَقَمُ مِن حَياتي وَقَد أَطـ

رَفَعَ الرَقَمُ مِن حَياتي وَقَد أَطـ

ـلَقَ مَولايَ حَبلَهُ مِن حِبالي

ـلَقَ مَولايَ حَبلَهُ مِن حِبالي

The inscription has been removed from my life, and already

Destiny has lifted the veil from my life, and my Master

my lord has loosed his cord from my cords.

Has unleashed his rope from my ropes.

مَشقُ الحُبِّ في فُؤادي لَو حيـ

مَشقُ الحُبِّ في فُؤادي لَو حيـ

ـنَ فَاِغرى جَوانِحي بِالسِلالِ

ـنَ فَاِغرى جَوانِحي بِالسِلالِ

Love's writing in my heart is on two tablets,

The agony of love in my heart - if only

and so it spurred my ribs to wasting sickness.

My ribs would split open when the night grows still.

لاقَ قَلبي بَنانَه فَمَدادُ الـ

لاقَ قَلبي بَنانَه فَمَدادُ الـ

ـعَينِ مِن هَجرِ مالِكي في اِنهِمالِ

ـعَينِ مِن هَجرِ مالِكي في اِنهِمالِ

My heart clung to his fingertips; the ink of the

My heart met its misfortune, so the ink of my eye

eye streams down at my master's desertion.

Flows incessantly in separation from my beloved.

كَرَسفِ البَينِ سودُ الوَجهِ مِن وَصـ

كَرَسفِ البَينِ سودُ الوَجهِ مِن وَصـ

ـلي فَقَلبي بِالبَينِ في اِشعالِ

ـلي فَقَلبي بِالبَينِ في اِشعالِ

The cotton of parting is black-faced from my union;

The blackness of my face from not attaining union -

so my heart is ablaze with parting.

So my heart burns in separation's fires.