واللهِ لو صحَّ عندي أن هجركمُ

واللهِ لو صحَّ عندي أن هجركمُ

يَفْنَى لكنتُ أُسَلِّى بالنفس بالأَملِ

يَفْنَى لكنتُ أُسَلِّى بالنفس بالأَملِ

By God, if I were certain that your estrangement

And if I were sure that leaving you would end

would end, I would console my soul with hope.

I'd console myself with hope and dreams

لكنْ صددتمُ بلا ذنبٍ وهل سببٌ

لكنْ صددتمُ بلا ذنبٍ وهل سببٌ

للحَيْن أوجب هجراني سوى المَلل

للحَيْن أوجب هجراني سوى المَلل

But you turned away without any fault of mine; and was there any cause

But you turned from me though I'd done no wrong

of doom that required you to forsake me, other than boredom?

What reason for this separation but boredom?

خُنتم فلم يبقَ لي في وصلكم طمعٌ

خُنتم فلم يبقَ لي في وصلكم طمعٌ

يُرْجَى وهذا فؤادي في ابتداء العمل

يُرْجَى وهذا فؤادي في ابتداء العمل

You betrayed me, so no hope of union with you remains for me

You betrayed me and I have no more hope

to cherish; and here is my heart at the beginning of the work.

Of reunion, my heart still raw and tender