سَطَواتُ هَجرِكِ قَطَّعَت أَنفاسي

سَطَواتُ هَجرِكِ قَطَّعَت أَنفاسي

وَوَصَلنَ عِندَ تَجَلُّدي وَسواسي

وَوَصَلنَ عِندَ تَجَلُّدي وَسواسي

The assaults of your abandonment have cut my breath short,

The tyranny of your abandonment has shattered my breath

And, as I steeled myself, prolonged my anxious thoughts.

And my worries have reached me in my pretense of composure

أَنَ مَن إِذا سَتَرَ الهَوى خَوفَ العِدى

أَنَ مَن إِذا سَتَرَ الهَوى خَوفَ العِدى

فَضَحَتهُ مُقلَتُهُ لَدى الجُلّاسِ

فَضَحَتهُ مُقلَتُهُ لَدى الجُلّاسِ

I am one who, when he hides his passion for fear of foes,

That one who, if he hides his love fearing harm

Is betrayed by his eye before his companions.

His eyes expose him to those sitting around

أَأُطيقُ هَجرَكِ وَهوَ لَو حَمَّلتُهُ

أَأُطيقُ هَجرَكِ وَهوَ لَو حَمَّلتُهُ

رُكنَ الزَمانِ لَما سَرى في الناسِ

رُكنَ الزَمانِ لَما سَرى في الناسِ

Can I endure your abandonment, when, were I to lay it upon

Can I endure your abandonment? Even if I were to carry it

The pillar of time, it would not move among men?

To the pillar of time, it would not flow among people

رَفضُ السُلُوِّ هُوَ السُلُوُّ عَنِ الصِبا

رَفضُ السُلُوِّ هُوَ السُلُوُّ عَنِ الصِبا

وَالصَبرُ تَركُ الصَبرِ تَحتَ الياسِ

وَالصَبرُ تَركُ الصَبرِ تَحتَ الياسِ

Rejecting forgetfulness is itself forgetting youth;

Refusing solace is the solace from youth

And patience is abandoning patience under despair.

And patience is abandoning patience beneath despair