لاَdo not تُكْثِرُواmultiply عَذْلاًreproach وَلاnor لَوْمَاblame
لاَ تُكْثِرُوا عَذْلاً وَلا لَوْمَا
لَمْdid not يُبْقِleave حَرُّthe heat of الهَجْرِestrangement لِيfor me نَوْمَاsleep
لَمْ يُبْقِ حَرُّ الهَجْرِ لِي نَوْمَا
Do not heap up reproaches or blame.
Reproach me not, nor blame impart
The heat of estrangement has left me no sleep.
Sleep is not left for burning heart
وَيليwoe to me عَلَىover هِجْرانِseparation from مَنْthe one هَجْرُهُhis desertion
وَيلي عَلَى هِجْرانِ مَنْ هَجْرُهُ
قَدْindeed سَامَنِيhas forced me to وِرْدَdrinking الرَّدىdeath سَوْمَاforcibly
قَدْ سَامَنِي وِرْدَ الرَّدى سَوْمَا
Woe is me for separation from one whose desertion
Woe betide estrangement of the one estranged
Has forced me to drink the draught of death.
It has made me taste the wine of anguish
أَنْكَرَنيhe refused to acknowledge me حَتَّىso that كَأَنْas though لَمْnot يَكُنْhe had been
أَنْكَرَني حَتَّى كَأَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ
يَعْرِفُنيhe knows me مِنْof دَهْرِهِhis lifetime يَوْمَاa single day
يَعْرِفُني مِنْ دَهْرِهِ يَوْمَا
He refused to acknowledge me, so that it seemed he had never
He disowned me as though he has never known
Known me for even a day in his life.
Me for a day in the days of yore