وَدَّعْتُ مِنْكَ فُؤَادِي يَوْمَ تَرْحَالِي

وَدَّعْتُ مِنْكَ فُؤَادِي يَوْمَ تَرْحَالِي

فَلاَ تَسَلْ بَعْدَ ذَاكَ الْيَوْمِ عَنْ حَالِي

فَلاَ تَسَلْ بَعْدَ ذَاكَ الْيَوْمِ عَنْ حَالِي

On the day I left you, I bade my heart farewell.

I bade farewell to my heart the day I departed

So do not ask about my state after that day.

So ask no more after that day about my state

جَارَ الزَّمَانُ عَلَى ضَعْفِي وَأَرْخَصَ مَا

جَارَ الزَّمَانُ عَلَى ضَعْفِي وَأَرْخَصَ مَا

قَدْ صُنْتُهُ قَبْلَهَا مِنْ دَمْعِيَ الْغَالِي

قَدْ صُنْتُهُ قَبْلَهَا مِنْ دَمْعِيَ الْغَالِي

Time wronged me in my weakness and cheapened what

Time has been harsh on my weakness and devalued

I had guarded until then—my precious tears.

What I had preserved of my precious tears

لاَ الْمَاءُ بَعْدَكَ مَاءٌ حِينَ أَشْرَبُهُ

لاَ الْمَاءُ بَعْدَكَ مَاءٌ حِينَ أَشْرَبُهُ

وَلاَ الطَّعَامُ طَعَامٌ حِينَ يُدْنَى لِي

وَلاَ الطَّعَامُ طَعَامٌ حِينَ يُدْنَى لِي

After you, water is not water when I drink it,

Water after you is no water when I drink it

Nor is food food when it is brought to me.

Food is no food when set close for me

وَلاَ يَلّذ حَدِيثُ النَّاسِ فِي أُذُنِي

وَلاَ يَلّذ حَدِيثُ النَّاسِ فِي أُذُنِي

وَلاَ يَجُولُ جَمَالُ الْكَوْنِ فِي بَالِي

وَلاَ يَجُولُ جَمَالُ الْكَوْنِ فِي بَالِي

Nor does people's talk delight my ear,

People's talk gives no delight to my ears

Nor does the beauty of the universe cross my mind.

Beauty of the universe stirs not in my thoughts

قَدْ كُنْتَ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي وَالشَّبِيبَةَ لِي

قَدْ كُنْتَ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي وَالشَّبِيبَةَ لِي

فَلاَ شَبَابِي وَلاَ أَهْلِي وَلاَ مَالِي

فَلاَ شَبَابِي وَلاَ أَهْلِي وَلاَ مَالِي

You were my family, my wealth, and my youth;

You were my family, wealth and youthfulness

So neither my youth, nor my family, nor my wealth remains.

So no more youth or family or wealth have I

ضَرَائِرُ الدَّهْرِ سَارَتْ عَنْ دِيَارِكَ لَوْ

ضَرَائِرُ الدَّهْرِ سَارَتْ عَنْ دِيَارِكَ لَوْ

لاَ الضَّرُورَةُ لَمْ يَخْطُرْ عَلَى بَالِي

لاَ الضَّرُورَةُ لَمْ يَخْطُرْ عَلَى بَالِي

Time's afflictions departed from your dwellings; were it

The woes of fate have departed from your abode

Not for necessity, it would not have crossed my mind.

Had not necessity, they'd not occur to my mind

قَالُوا سَلاَ حَرَّكَتْ أَشْوَاقَه فَسَلاَ

قَالُوا سَلاَ حَرَّكَتْ أَشْوَاقَه فَسَلاَ

وَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُ يَوْماً عَنكَ بِالسَّالِي

وَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُ يَوْماً عَنكَ بِالسَّالِي

They said, “Salā stirred his longings, so he forgot.”

They said: "Yearning stirred her longing" - no, by God

By God, never for a day have I forgotten you.

I was never for a day done with yearning for you

إِنْ كَانَ لِي بَعْدَ بُعْدِي عَنْكَ مِنْ أَمَلِ

إِنْ كَانَ لِي بَعْدَ بُعْدِي عَنْكَ مِنْ أَمَلِ

إِلاَّ لِقَاؤُكَ لاَ بُلِّغْتُ آمَالِي

إِلاَّ لِقَاؤُكَ لاَ بُلِّغْتُ آمَالِي

If, after my separation from you, I have any hope

If after my remoteness from you I have

Except meeting you, may my hopes never be fulfilled.

Any hope except to meet you - I'd attain my hopes