سلا المنازِلَ والأطلالُ والحلَلا

سلا المنازِلَ والأطلالُ والحلَلا

هل بعدَ سكانِها قلبي المشوقُ سلا

هل بعدَ سكانِها قلبي المشوقُ سلا

Ask, you two, the dwellings, the ruins, and the encampments:

I asked the abandoned camps and ruins, and the traces,

Has my yearning heart found solace since their inhabitants left?

Has after its inhabitants my longing heart asked, how they are?

كيفَ السلو وما زالت محاسنَهم

كيفَ السلو وما زالت محاسنَهم

في مقلَتي وإن شطّ النوى مثَلا

في مقلَتي وإن شطّ النوى مثَلا

How could I find solace, when their beauties still remain

How is the night getting along, and their beauty still remains

as images in my eye, though separation stretches far?

In my eyes, even if the affection has been exemplarily severed,

رموا فؤاديَ بالأحزانِ بعدَهم

رموا فؤاديَ بالأحزانِ بعدَهم

وألزموهُ على بعدِ المَدا علَلا

وألزموهُ على بعدِ المَدا علَلا

They struck my heart with sorrows after their departure,

They have burdened my heart with sorrows after them,

and burdened it with ailments despite the great distance.

And burdened it with yearning from afar, with illnesses,

قد كنتُ أخشى فواقاً قد رُمِيتَ بهِ

قد كنتُ أخشى فواقاً قد رُمِيتَ بهِ

وكنتُ قبلَ التنائي خائِفاً وجِلا

وكنتُ قبلَ التنائي خائِفاً وجِلا

I had feared a spasm, with which you have been stricken,

I used to fear a separation I was afflicted with,

and before our parting I was fearful and apprehensive.

And before the parting I was fearful and anxious,

ما لَذَّ لي مطعمٌ بعدَ الحبيبِ ولا

ما لَذَّ لي مطعمٌ بعدَ الحبيبِ ولا

عذبُ المشاربِ بعد الظاعنينَ حَلا

عذبُ المشاربِ بعد الظاعنينَ حَلا

No food has tasted good to me since my beloved left, nor

No food tasted good after the beloved, nor

have sweet drinks tasted sweet since the travelers departed.

Were drinks sweet after those who revived my flames,

أستودِعُ اللَه مَن كانت لطلعتَها

أستودِعُ اللَه مَن كانت لطلعتَها

السعادَةُ والإقبالُ متَصِلا

السعادَةُ والإقبالُ متَصِلا

I entrust to God her whose countenance

I entrust to God whoever their rising star

was attended by happiness and good fortune.

Was happiness and ascendance without cessation,

عليكِ مِنّا سلامٌ لا يزالُ فما

عليكِ مِنّا سلامٌ لا يزالُ فما

تركتِ بعدكِ إلّا بالجوى قتَلا

تركتِ بعدكِ إلّا بالجوى قتَلا

From us, unceasing peace be upon you; for

From us to you greetings that will not cease, so what

you left behind you only those slain by consuming grief.

You left after you except embers that kill?