يَقولُ لي الخلّانُ لَو زُرتَ قَبرَها

يَقولُ لي الخلّانُ لَو زُرتَ قَبرَها

فَقُلتُ وَهَل غَيرَ الفُؤادِ لَها قَبرُ

فَقُلتُ وَهَل غَيرَ الفُؤادِ لَها قَبرُ

My friends say to me, “If only you would visit her grave.”

The tavern-keeper says, "If you visited her grave-"

So I said, “Has she any grave other than my heart?”

I said, "Does she have any grave but my heart?"

عَلى حين لَم أَحدُث فَأَجهَل فَقدَها

عَلى حين لَم أَحدُث فَأَجهَل فَقدَها

وَلَم أَبلُغ السِّنِّ الَّتي مَعَها الصَّبرُ

وَلَم أَبلُغ السِّنِّ الَّتي مَعَها الصَّبرُ

At a time when I was not so young as to be unaware of her loss,

While I have not spoken of her loss, nor felt it,

Nor had I reached the age that brings patience.

Nor reached the age when patience comes.