أهلُ الحِمى قد أودَعوا

أهلُ الحِمى قد أودَعوا

قلبي جوًى وودَّعوا

قلبي جوًى وودَّعوا

The people of the sanctuary have lodged

Those of passionate love have deposited

Heartache in my heart, and bid farewell.

within my heart burning embers and bade farewell.

فقلْ لعُذالي اعذلوا

فقلْ لعُذالي اعذلوا

بعدَ نواهمْ أو دعوا

بعدَ نواهمْ أو دعوا

So tell my reproachers: reproach me

So say to my blamers, "Be gentle,

After their departure—or desist.

after their determination or leave off

بانوا فهل لقربهمْ

بانوا فهل لقربهمْ

بعدَ التنائي مَرجِعُ

بعدَ التنائي مَرجِعُ

They have departed: will their nearness

censure." Did they reveal

Return after separation?

themselves, is there after estrangement a return?

أم هل لنا في عودِهمْ

أم هل لنا في عودِهمْ

الى الديارِ مطمعُ

الى الديارِ مطمعُ

Or have we, in their return

Or do we have in their coming back

To the dwellings, any hope?

to homelands any hope?

تُذْكِرُني أيامَهمْ

تُذْكِرُني أيامَهمْ

حمامةٌ تُرجَّعُ

حمامةٌ تُرجَّعُ

I am reminded of their days

A dove recalls to me their days,

By a cooing dove.

cooing mournfully,

فأنثني وقد تروَّتْ

فأنثني وقد تروَّتْ

مِن دموعي الأربٌعُ

مِن دموعي الأربٌعُ

So I turn away, while drenched

So I bend, and copious tears

In my tears are the dwellings.

flow from my eyes.

وليس للدارِ وللتذَّكارِ

وليس للدارِ وللتذَّكارِ

إلا الأدمُعِ

إلا الأدمُعِ

And for the dwelling and remembrance, there is nothing

For the home and remembrance

But tears.

there is naught but tears.