يَا مَنْ نَأَى عَنِّي وَكَانَ مُرَادِي

يَا مَنْ نَأَى عَنِّي وَكَانَ مُرَادِي

أَتَرَكْتَنِي أَحْيا جَرِيحَ فؤادِي

أَتَرَكْتَنِي أَحْيا جَرِيحَ فؤادِي

O you who have gone far from me and were my heart's desire,

O you who left me though I wanted you,

Have you left me to live with my heart wounded?

Did you leave me living with a wounded heart?

إِنْ غِبْتَ وَا وَلَدَاهُ عَنْ عَيْنِي فَمَنْ

إِنْ غِبْتَ وَا وَلَدَاهُ عَنْ عَيْنِي فَمَنْ

زَيْنُ الشَّبابِ وَمَنْ ضَيَاءُ النَّادِي

زَيْنُ الشَّبابِ وَمَنْ ضَيَاءُ النَّادِي

If you are gone from my sight—alas, my son!—then who

If you are absent, oh my boy, from my eyes, then who

is the adornment of youth, and who the light of the gathering?

Is the adornment of youth and the light of my friends?

وَلمِنْ عَنَائِي زَارِعاً أَوْ صَانِعاً

وَلمِنْ عَنَائِي زَارِعاً أَوْ صَانِعاً

أَوْ شَائِداً صِرْحاً رِفِيعَ عِمَادِ

أَوْ شَائِداً صِرْحاً رِفِيعَ عِمَادِ

And for whom is my toil, as a farmer or a craftsman,

And for whom have I planted or built

or raising an edifice with lofty pillars,

Or erected a lofty palace with pillars?

أَوْ مُحْرِزاً جَاهاً عَرِيضاً قَلَّمَا

أَوْ مُحْرِزاً جَاهاً عَرِيضاً قَلَّمَا

سَمَحَتْ بِهِ الأيَّامُ لِلافْرَادِ

سَمَحَتْ بِهِ الأيَّامُ لِلافْرَادِ

or attaining great prestige, rarely

Or gained abundant glory which seldom

bestowed by the days upon individuals?

Have days allowed for individuals?

قَدْ كُنْتُ أَذْخُرُ كُلَّ ذلِكَ لِلَّذي

قَدْ كُنْتُ أَذْخُرُ كُلَّ ذلِكَ لِلَّذي

سَيَكُونُ منْ نَسْلي عَمِيدُ بِلاَدِي

سَيَكُونُ منْ نَسْلي عَمِيدُ بِلاَدِي

I had been storing all of this for him who

I used to hoard all that for him

from among my offspring would become the leader of my land,

Who will be the chief of my descendants

وَيَكُونُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُلِبِّي إِنْ دَعَا

وَيَكُونُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُلِبِّي إِنْ دَعَا

دَاعِي الْعُلَى فِي الْفِتْيَةِ الامْجَادِ

دَاعِي الْعُلَى فِي الْفِتْيَةِ الامْجَادِ

and would be the first to respond, should a call come

And will be the first to respond when

from the herald of glory among the noble youths.

The Supreme Caller calls the excellent youths.

سَتَظَلُّ يَا وَلَدَاهُ مِلْءَ حُشَاشَتي

سَتَظَلُّ يَا وَلَدَاهُ مِلْءَ حُشَاشَتي

مَهْمَا أَعشْ وَتَظَلُّ نُورَ سَوَادِي

مَهْمَا أَعشْ وَتَظَلُّ نُورَ سَوَادِي

You will remain, O my son, filling my inmost heart,

You will remain, my boy, filling my mind,

as long as I live, and remain the light of my dark pupil.

As long as I live, and you will remain the light of my gloom,

بِتْ فِي النَّعِيمِ قَرِيرَ عَيْنٍ خالِداً

بِتْ فِي النَّعِيمِ قَرِيرَ عَيْنٍ خالِداً

وَعَداكَ تَبْريحِي وَطُولِ سُهَادِي

وَعَداكَ تَبْريحِي وَطُولِ سُهَادِي

Abide eternally in bliss, with your eyes at peace,

Stay in bliss, delight of my eye, immortal,

and may my anguish and long sleeplessness pass you by.

Other than you, my wakefulness is prolonged.