تَعانقنَا لتوديعٍ عِشاءً

تَعانقنَا لتوديعٍ عِشاءً

وقد شرِقَت بأَدمُعِها الحِدَاقُ

وقد شرِقَت بأَدمُعِها الحِدَاقُ

We embraced in farewell one evening,

We embraced for a farewell in the evening

while our eyes were choking on their tears;

As the tears in her eyes rose in the east

فما زال العِناقُ يضيقُ حَتَّى

فما زال العِناقُ يضيقُ حَتَّى

تَشكَّكنا عناقٌ أم خِناقُ

تَشكَّكنا عناقٌ أم خِناقُ

and the embrace kept tightening until

So the embrace kept getting tighter until

we wondered: was it an embrace or a stranglehold?

We doubted, was it an embrace or a noose?