ساروا فَأَكْبادُنا جَرْحَى وأعيُننا

ساروا فَأَكْبادُنا جَرْحَى وأعيُننا

قَرْحَى وأنفسنا سَكْرَى من القَلَقِ

قَرْحَى وأنفسنا سَكْرَى من القَلَقِ

They departed; our livers are wounded, and our eyes

They marched on while our livers were wounded, and our eyes

are sore, and our souls are drunk with anxiety.

Were hurt, and our souls drunk with anxiety,

تشكو بواطِنُنا من بُعدِهم حُرَقاً

تشكو بواطِنُنا من بُعدِهم حُرَقاً

لكن ظواهِرُنا تشكو من الفَرَقِ

لكن ظواهِرُنا تشكو من الفَرَقِ

Our inner selves lament the burning anguish of their distance,

Our insides complain of burning in their absence,

but our outward selves complain of fear.

Yet our outsides complain of separation.

كأنّهم فوق أكوار المَطِيِّ وقد

كأنّهم فوق أكوار المَطِيِّ وقد

سارت مُقَطَّرةً في حالِك الغَسَقِ

سارت مُقَطَّرةً في حالِك الغَسَقِ

They seemed, atop the riding-camels' saddles, while

As if they were above the humps of the camel, and it walked

the camels traveled in a linked train through pitch-dark dusk,

Dripping in your dark night,

دَراريَ الشُّهْب في الأبراج زاهرةً

دَراريَ الشُّهْب في الأبراج زاهرةً

تسير في الفَلَك الجاري على نَسَق

تسير في الفَلَك الجاري على نَسَق

brilliant stars, shining in the constellations,

The meteors in the constellations bloom

moving in the coursing heavens in orderly succession.

Moving in the orbit flowing methodically.

يا مُوحِشي الدارِ مذ بانوا كما أَنِسَتْ

يا مُوحِشي الدارِ مذ بانوا كما أَنِسَتْ

بقُرْبهمْ لا خَلَتْ من صَيِّبٍ غَدَق

بقُرْبهمْ لا خَلَتْ من صَيِّبٍ غَدَق

O you who made the dwelling desolate since they departed, as once it was cheered

O you who make my home desolate since they left,

by their nearness—may it never lack an abundant downpour!

It was not devoid of a loved one’s cooing.

إنْ غِبْتُمُ لم تَغِيبوا عن ضمائرنا

إنْ غِبْتُمُ لم تَغِيبوا عن ضمائرنا

وإنْ حَضَرْتُم حَمَلْناكم على الحدَق

وإنْ حَضَرْتُم حَمَلْناكم على الحدَق

If you are absent, you are not absent from our inmost hearts;

If you are absent, you are not absent from our conscience,

and if you are present, we bear you upon the pupils of our eyes.

And if you are present, we carry you in our eyelids.