لَمْ أَمْشِ في طُرُقِ العَزاءِ لأَنَّني

لَمْ أَمْشِ في طُرُقِ العَزاءِ لأَنَّني

غَالي السُّلُوِّ رَخِيصُ فَيْضِ الأَدْمُعِ

غَالي السُّلُوِّ رَخِيصُ فَيْضِ الأَدْمُعِ

I have not walked the paths of consolation, for

I did not walk in the paths of grief, for I

forgetting comes dear to me, but the outpouring of tears comes cheap.

Am of high spirit, cheap in tear's outpour.

وإِذا ذكَرْتُكَ يَوْمَ سِرْتَ مُوَدِّعاً

وإِذا ذكَرْتُكَ يَوْمَ سِرْتَ مُوَدِّعاً

وَقَفَ الأَسى في القَلْبِ غَيْرَ مُوَدِّعِ

وَقَفَ الأَسى في القَلْبِ غَيْرَ مُوَدِّعِ

And when I recall you on the day you left, bidding farewell,

And when I remembered you the day you left

Grief stands in my heart, bidding no farewell.

Farewelling, grief stood still within my heart, unbidding farewell.

وَرَأَيْتُ شَخْصَكَ في سَوادِ جَوَانِحي

وَرَأَيْتُ شَخْصَكَ في سَوادِ جَوَانِحي

مُتَمَثِّلاً فَكأَنَّنا في مَوْضِعِ

مُتَمَثِّلاً فَكأَنَّنا في مَوْضِعِ

And I see your form in the darkness of my breast,

And I saw your face in my soul's darkness

Taking shape, as though we were in the same place.

Appearing, as though we were in one place.