أَخْفَتْ عَنِ القَوْمِ مَا أَبْدَتْ عَزِيمَتُهُمْ

أَخْفَتْ عَنِ القَوْمِ مَا أَبْدَتْ عَزِيمَتُهُمْ

وَأَظْهَرَتْ لِلنَّوى وَالْبَيْنِ مَا كُتِما

وَأَظْهَرَتْ لِلنَّوى وَالْبَيْنِ مَا كُتِما

It concealed from the people what their resolve revealed,

She hid from the people what their resolution revealed,

and revealed to distance and parting what had been concealed.

And showed the parting and distance what was concealed.

بانُوا فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِي في يَوْمِ بَيْنِهِمُ

بانُوا فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِي في يَوْمِ بَيْنِهِمُ

قَلْبٌ أُحَمِّلُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ أَلَمَا

قَلْبٌ أُحَمِّلُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ أَلَمَا

They departed, and on the day of their parting I was left without

They left, and no heart remained for me after them

a heart to burden with pain after they were gone.

That I could load with pain.

فَالْبَيْنُ يَعْشَقُهُمْ وَالشَّوْقُ يَعْشَقُني

فَالْبَيْنُ يَعْشَقُهُمْ وَالشَّوْقُ يَعْشَقُني

وَالجِسْمُ مُذْ فَارَقُوني يَعْشَقُ السَّقَما

وَالجِسْمُ مُذْ فَارَقُوني يَعْشَقُ السَّقَما

For parting loves them, and longing loves me;

So parting loves them, and yearning loves me,

and my body, since they left me, has been in love with sickness.

And my body loves only sickness since they left.

يا لَيْتَني كُنْتُ أَعمى يَوْمَ صَاحَ بِهِمْ

يا لَيْتَني كُنْتُ أَعمى يَوْمَ صَاحَ بِهِمْ

حَادِي الرَّحِيلِ فَما لِلْبَيْنِ مَا رَحِمَا

حَادِي الرَّحِيلِ فَما لِلْبَيْنِ مَا رَحِمَا

Oh, if only I had been blind the day he called out to them—

Oh, would that I had been blind the day the camel driver

the departing caravan's driver—why did parting show no mercy?

Called out their departure - for parting shows no mercy!