جَعَلَتْ تَأَمَّلْ زُرْقَةً فِي خَاتَمِي

جَعَلَتْ تَأَمَّلْ زُرْقَةً فِي خَاتَمِي

وَتَقُولُ فَصُّكَ ذَا لِبَاسُ المَأْتَمِ

وَتَقُولُ فَصُّكَ ذَا لِبَاسُ المَأْتَمِ

She began to study the blue hue in my ring,

You gazed at the blueness in my ring

and said, "This gem of yours is mourning garb."

And said, “Why does this attire belong to grief?”

فَأَجَبْتُهَا مُذْ مَاتَ وَصْلُكِ وانْقَضَى

فَأَجَبْتُهَا مُذْ مَاتَ وَصْلُكِ وانْقَضَى

بَكَّيْتُهُ بِدَمٍ وَدَمْعٍ سَاجِمِ

بَكَّيْتُهُ بِدَمٍ وَدَمْعٍ سَاجِمِ

So I answered her, "Since union with you died and ended,

Since your love died and came to an end,

I have wept over it with blood and streaming tears.

I cried it in blood and in streaming tears.

وَرَغِبْتُ فِي لُبْسِ الحِدَادِ لِأَنَّهُ

وَرَغِبْتُ فِي لُبْسِ الحِدَادِ لِأَنَّهُ

لُبْسُ الحَزِيْنَةِ وَالحَزِيْنِ الهَائِمِ

لُبْسُ الحَزِيْنَةِ وَالحَزِيْنِ الهَائِمِ

And I wished to wear mourning garb, for it is

And I wished to wear the garb of mourning, for

the garb of the grieving woman and the grieving, distraught man.

It is the garb of the sorrowful, the wandering grief-stricken.

وَخَشِيْتُ إِنْ أَنَا فِي الثِّيَابِ لَبِسْتُهُ

وَخَشِيْتُ إِنْ أَنَا فِي الثِّيَابِ لَبِسْتُهُ

أَنْ يَفْطِنُوا فَلَبِسْتُهُ فِي خَاتَمِي

أَنْ يَفْطِنُوا فَلَبِسْتُهُ فِي خَاتَمِي

And I feared, if I wore it in my clothes,

And I feared if I wore it openly

that they would notice; so I wore it in my ring."

They would guess, so I wore it on my ring.