أيُّها الواصِلُ هَجْرِي

أيُّها الواصِلُ هَجْرِي

أنا في هِجْرانِ صَبْرِي

أنا في هِجْرانِ صَبْرِي

O you who keep forsaking me,

O you who have abandoned me

I am estranged from my patience.

I am suffering in your estrangement

لَيْتَ شِعْرِي أَيُّ نَفْعٍ

لَيْتَ شِعْرِي أَيُّ نَفْعٍ

لَكَ في إِدْمانِ ضَرِّي

لَكَ في إِدْمانِ ضَرِّي

Would that I knew what benefit

Would that I knew what benefit

you gain from persistently harming me.

Accrues to you from my constant anguish