قَدindeed أَماتَhas killed الهِجرانُestrangement صِبيانُchildren قَلبيmy heart
قَد أَماتَ الهِجرانُ صِبيانُ قَلبي
فَفُؤاديand my heart مُعَذَّبٌtormented فيin خِبالmadness
فَفُؤادي مُعَذَّبٌ في خِبال
Estrangement has killed the children of my heart.
Separation has killed the youths of my heart,
And my heart is tormented in madness.
So my heart is tormented in isolation.
كَسَرَbroke البَينُseparation لَوحَtablet كَبديmy liver فَماso not أَطI hope (first fragment)
كَسَرَ البَينُ لَوحَ كَبدي فَما أَط
مَعَhope (final fragment) مِمَّنfrom the one whom هَوَيتَهُI loved him فيin وِصالunion
مَعَ مِمَّن هَوَيتَهُ في وِصال
Separation broke my liver’s tablet; I no longer hope
Parting has broken the slate of my liver, so I can no longer
for union with the one I loved.
Unite with the one I love.
رَفَعَremoved الرَقَمُthe inscription مِنfrom حَياتيmy life وَقَدand already أَطreleased (first fragment)
رَفَعَ الرَقَمُ مِن حَياتي وَقَد أَط
لَقَreleased (final fragment) مَولايَmy master حَبلَهُhis cord مِنfrom حِباليmy cords
لَقَ مَولايَ حَبلَهُ مِن حِبالي
The inscription has been removed from my life; already
Destiny has erased me from life, after
my master has released his cord from my cords.
My Master untied the ropes of my afflictions.
مَشقُtraced in broad strokes الحُبِّlove فيin فُؤاديmy heart لَوtwo tablets (first fragment) حيtwo tablets (middle fragment)
مَشقُ الحُبِّ في فُؤادي لَو حي
نَtwo tablets (final fragment) فَاِغرىand so afflicted جَوانِحيmy ribs بِالسِلالِwith consumption
نَ فَاِغرى جَوانِحي بِالسِلالِ
Love traced two tablets within my heart,
If my love's ordeal revived the dead,
and afflicted my ribs with consumption.
My ribs would be split open by yearning.
لاقَinked قَلبيmy heart بَنانَهhis fingertips فَمَدادُand so the ink of الthe
لاقَ قَلبي بَنانَه فَمَدادُ ال
عَينِeye مِنfrom هَجرِabandonment by مالِكيmy master فيin اِنهِمالِstreaming
عَينِ مِن هَجرِ مالِكي في اِنهِمالِ
My heart inked his fingertips; the ink of the
My heart can no longer bear the ink of writing
eye pours down because my master has forsaken me.
About my Master amidst this separation.
كَرَسفِcotton البَينِseparation سودُblackened الوَجهِthe face مِنof وَصunion (first fragment)
كَرَسفِ البَينِ سودُ الوَجهِ مِن وَص
ليmy union (final fragment) فَقَلبيso my heart بِالبَينِthrough separation فيin اِشعالِburning
لي فَقَلبي بِالبَينِ في اِشعالِ
Separation’s cotton blackened the face of
Like the darkness of a face stricken by parting,
my union; my heart blazes with separation.
My heart burns in separation's conflagration.