قَضَيت وَهيَ بَعد اليَوم تَرقِد وَحدَها

قَضَيت وَهيَ بَعد اليَوم تَرقِد وَحدَها

فَمن تَرَكَت في الأَرضِ لِلنوحِ بَعدَها

فَمن تَرَكَت في الأَرضِ لِلنوحِ بَعدَها

You have passed away, and henceforth she sleeps alone.

She passed away, and after this day will slumber alone.

So whom has she left on earth to mourn after her?

Whom did she leave on this earth to mourn her when gone?

أَوالِدَةً تُفني عَلَيها الدُموعُ أَم

أَوالِدَةً تُفني عَلَيها الدُموعُ أَم

حَبيباً سَقَتهُ قَبلَ ذلِكَ وُدَّها

حَبيباً سَقَتهُ قَبلَ ذلِكَ وُدَّها

A mother consumed by tears for her, or

A child who will shed tears in grief for its mother?

A lover whom she had earlier given her affection to drink?

Or a lover whose passion she nurtured before moving on?

كَأَنّي بِربّي حينَ أَكملَ صنعَها

كَأَنّي بِربّي حينَ أَكملَ صنعَها

تملَّكَه حبٌّ فَقَبَّل خَدَّها

تملَّكَه حبٌّ فَقَبَّل خَدَّها

It is as though I see my Lord, when He finished fashioning her:

It's as if I see my Lord when her form He completed,

Love possessed Him, so He kissed her cheek.

Love overcame Him, her cheek He then kissed.

وَأَدهَشَه مِنها جَمالٌ مُتَيَّمٌ

وَأَدهَشَه مِنها جَمالٌ مُتَيَّمٌ

أَثارَ بِهِ نارَ الهَوى فَاِستَرَدَّها

أَثارَ بِهِ نارَ الهَوى فَاِستَرَدَّها

And her love-stricken beauty astonished Him;

Her beauty enraptured, perfection completed,

It kindled in Him the fire of passion, so He took her back.

It stirred in Him the fires of love, He couldn't resist.