أَيا جيرَةً بِلَوى الأَبرَقَينِ

أَيا جيرَةً بِلَوى الأَبرَقَينِ

دَنا بِاِنتِزاحِكُم حينُ حَيني

دَنا بِاِنتِزاحِكُم حينُ حَيني

O neighbors at the sand bend of al-Abraqayn,

O neighbors with the lightning of two dawns,

With your departure, the hour of my death drew near.

You approached while my heart was burning,

فَأَضرَمتُم بِالجِوى نارَ قَلبي

فَأَضرَمتُم بِالجِوى نارَ قَلبي

وَأَطفَأتُم بِالنَوى نورَ عَيني

وَأَطفَأتُم بِالنَوى نورَ عَيني

So with anguish you kindled the fire of my heart,

So you ignited the fire of my heart with yearning,

And with separation you quenched the light of my eye.

And extinguished with your determination the light of my eyes.

وَأَيسَرُ ما حَلَّ بي بَعدَكُم

وَأَيسَرُ ما حَلَّ بي بَعدَكُم

ضَنىً حالَ ما بَينَ روحي وَبَيني

ضَنىً حالَ ما بَينَ روحي وَبَيني

And the mildest of what befell me after you left

The easiest thing that befell me after you

Was a wasting sickness that came between my soul and me.

Was the anguish that came between my soul and me.

وَلَيلَةَ إِعراضِكُم لاحَ لي

وَلَيلَةَ إِعراضِكُم لاحَ لي

بَياضُ دُجى لِمَّتي كَاللُجَينِ

بَياضُ دُجى لِمَّتي كَاللُجَينِ

And on the night you turned away, there shone before me

On the night you turned away, the whiteness

The whiteness of my night-dark locks, like silver.

Of the dark night was like two mornings to me.

حَفِظتُ وَضَيَّعتُم صُحبَتي

حَفِظتُ وَضَيَّعتُم صُحبَتي

وَقابَلتُم صِدقَ وُدّي بِمينِ

وَقابَلتُم صِدقَ وُدّي بِمينِ

I kept faith, while you squandered my friendship,

I kept faithful to our companionship while you wasted it,

And you answered my sincere affection with falsehood.

And you met my true love with betrayal.

وَما زِلتُ أَقضي دُيونَ الغَرامِ

وَما زِلتُ أَقضي دُيونَ الغَرامِ

لِمَن حَكَمَهُ في الهَوى مَطَلُ دَيني

لِمَن حَكَمَهُ في الهَوى مَطَلُ دَيني

And I still repay the debts of passion

Yet I continue to pay the debts of passion

To one whose ruling in love is to delay repaying what is owed me.

To those whose tyranny in love has chained my obedience.