يخيل لي أن الحوادث ما قضت

يخيل لي أن الحوادث ما قضت

علينا بتشريدٍ وطولِ تفرّقِ

علينا بتشريدٍ وطولِ تفرّقِ

It seems to me that fortune’s vicissitudes have not decreed

It seems to me that life's vicissitudes have not decreed

That we be scattered and long kept apart.

exile and long separation for us.

وذاك لأني كلّ وقت أراكموا

وذاك لأني كلّ وقت أراكموا

بعيني فؤادي رؤية المتحققِ

بعيني فؤادي رؤية المتحققِ

And that is because at every moment I see you all,

And that is because I see you at every moment

With both eyes of my heart—the vision of one certain.

with my heart's two eyes, seeing with certainty.

فنحن وإن لم نجتمع بجسومنا

فنحن وإن لم نجتمع بجسومنا

بأرواحنا والفكر والذكرِ نلتقي

بأرواحنا والفكر والذكرِ نلتقي

For though we do not come together in our bodies,

For though we do not come together in our bodies,

In our spirits, in thought and remembrance, we meet.

we meet in our spirits, in thought, and in remembrance.