هذا فعالُ الفِراقِ فاستبنِ

هذا فعالُ الفِراقِ فاستبنِ

واشكُ إلى اللَهِ حادثَ الزمنِ

واشكُ إلى اللَهِ حادثَ الزمنِ

This is the work of parting, so discern it clearly.

This is indeed the act of separation, so take heed

And complain to God of time's calamity.

And complain to God about the vicissitudes of time

يا فرقةً زادتِ الفوائدَ ضنىً

يا فرقةً زادتِ الفوائدَ ضنىً

ووكلتهُ بالشوقِ والحَزَنِ

ووكلتهُ بالشوقِ والحَزَنِ

O separation, that added wasting sickness to the benefits,

O separation! You have increased intimacy with deprivation

and consigned it to longing and grief.

And entrusted it with yearning and sorrow

يا مر بينِ الحبيبِ مُكتَئِباً

يا مر بينِ الحبيبِ مُكتَئِباً

وَلم يَزل آفةً على البَدَنِ

وَلم يَزل آفةً على البَدَنِ

O bitter parting from the beloved, so despondent,

O you who pass by the beloved in melancholy

and never ceasing to be a blight upon the body.

And ceaselessly remain a blight upon the body

يا قلبُ ماذا لقيتُ منكَ فيا

يا قلبُ ماذا لقيتُ منكَ فيا

ليتكَ قبلَ الفِراقِ لم تكنِ

ليتكَ قبلَ الفِراقِ لم تكنِ

O heart, what have I suffered from you! Oh,

O heart! What have I experienced from you! Woe is me

would that you had not existed before the parting.

If only you did not exist before the separation