بكرت عواذله تُعاتِبه

بكرت عواذله تُعاتِبه

وجلون دون مَواقِعِ الغَدرِ

وجلون دون مَواقِعِ الغَدرِ

His reproachers came early to chide him,

Her lovers reproached her at dawn,

Fearful before the blows of treachery.

Yet she remained aloof from the scenes of betrayal.

وَتَصرَّمت أَيام لَذَّتِهِ

وَتَصرَّمت أَيام لَذَّتِهِ

فَمَضَينَ عَنهُ بِجِدَّةِ العُمرِ

فَمَضَينَ عَنهُ بِجِدَّةِ العُمرِ

And the days of his delight came to an end;

The days of her pleasure have passed,

So they left him, taking life's freshness with them.

And gone from her in the seriousness of old age.

وَخَلَت مَنازِلُ من أَحِبَّتِهِ

وَخَلَت مَنازِلُ من أَحِبَّتِهِ

قَذَفت بِهِم عنها يَدُ الدَهرِ

قَذَفت بِهِم عنها يَدُ الدَهرِ

And dwellings stood empty of his loved ones;

The dwellings of those she loved are deserted,

The hand of time had flung them away from there.

Emptied by the hand of fate.

نَذَر الزَمانُ عَلى تفرُّقِنا

نَذَر الزَمانُ عَلى تفرُّقِنا

نَذراً فأبى يُصادِقُ النَذرِ

نَذراً فأبى يُصادِقُ النَذرِ

Time vowed that we should part—

Time has vowed we'll be parted,

A vow—yet it refused to affirm the vow.

A vow it refuses to break.

وَأَشَدُّ ما أَلقاهُ بَعدَهُم

وَأَشَدُّ ما أَلقاهُ بَعدَهُم

أَنّي فُجِعتُ بِهِم وَبالصَبرُ

أَنّي فُجِعتُ بِهِم وَبالصَبرُ

And the hardest thing I face after them

And worse than losing them

Is that I have been bereaved of them and of patience.

Is that I've lost fortitude and patience too.