رحلتُمyou departed والمدامعُand the tears فيin انسكابoutpouring
رحلتُم والمدامعُ في انسكاب
وقلبيand my heart منfrom هواكمlove for you فيin اكتئابِsorrow
وقلبي من هواكم في اكتئابِ
You departed while tears poured down.
You left and tears were flowing
And my heart is sorrowful from loving you.
My heart in sorrow for your love
وجسميand my body منfrom صُدُودكمُyour rejection نحيلٌthin
وجسمي من صُدُودكمُ نحيلٌ
فهلاّthen why not منany رجوعturning back أوor إيابِreturn
فهلاّ من رجوع أو إيابِ
And my body is thin from your rejection.
My body gaunt from your rejection
Then will there be no turning back or return?
Why not return or come again?
فإنso if كنتمyou had عزمتمyou resolved لارتحالto depart
فإن كنتم عزمتم لارتحال
فقولىthen speak عَلّنىperhaps I أشرحْexplain لماabout what بيis in me
فقولى عَلّنى أشرحْ لما بي
So if you have resolved to depart,
If you've decided to depart
Speak, then; perhaps I may explain what ails me.
Tell me openly what ails you
عساكمperhaps you ترحمونَhave mercy قتيلone slain شوقlonging
عساكم ترحمونَ قتيل شوق
وأعرفand I learn عنكمُfrom you ردَّresponse الجوابِthe answer
وأعرف عنكمُ ردَّ الجوابِ
Perhaps you will pity one slain by longing,
Perhaps you'll pity one lovesick
And I may learn your reply.
And favor me with an answer
إلىuntil كمhow long أرتجىI hope for منكمfrom you وصالاunion
إلى كم أرتجى منكم وصالا
قريباsoon أمor إلىuntil يومday الحسابِthe reckoning
قريبا أم إلى يوم الحسابِ
How long shall I hope for union with you—
How long do I hope for union
Soon, or until the Day of Reckoning?
Soon or till Judgment Day?
وأُخبرَكمand I tell you بأنىthat I am مُستهامٌmad with love
وأُخبرَكم بأنى مُستهامٌ
حزينُsorrowful القلبِthe heart منكمbecause of you ياO صِحابيmy companions
حزينُ القلبِ منكم يا صِحابي
And I tell you that I am mad with love,
Let me tell you I'm confounded
Sorrowful at heart because of you, O my companions.
Heart grieved, O dear friends of mine
فإنso if كانis اللقاءُthe meeting لناfor us قريباًnear
فإن كان اللقاءُ لنا قريباً
وإلاand otherwise قدalready غنيتُI have no need منof العِتابِreproach
وإلا قد غنيتُ من العِتابِ
So if our meeting is near—
If we shall meet again soon
And if not, I have already dispensed with reproach.
If not, I've had enough reproach
أماdo you not تدرنyou know أنِّيthat I منfrom هواكمlove for you
أما تدرن أنِّي من هواكم
أُكابِدُI endure لوعةًburning anguish وكذاكand such is دابيmy wont
أُكابِدُ لوعةً وكذاك دابي
Do you not know that I, through love for you,
Don't you know that I, for love of you
Endure burning anguish, and such is my wont?
Suffer agony, and so does my beast
فماso not وقفواthey stopped ولاnor رَقُّواthey took pity لصَبْرfor endurance
فما وقفوا ولا رَقُّوا لصَبْر
ولاnor رفعواthey lifted ولاnor سمعواthey heard صوابيmy sound judgment
ولا رفعوا ولا سمعوا صوابي
Yet they neither stopped nor felt pity for endurance,
But they did not pause or soften
Nor did they lift, nor hear my words of reason.
Nor heed the rightness of my words
وجَدُّواand they pressed on فيin المسيرthe journey وخَلّفونيand they left me behind
وجَدُّوا في المسير وخَلّفوني
أُقَلِّبُI turn جبهتيmy forehead فوقupon الترابِthe dust
أُقَلِّبُ جبهتي فوق الترابِ
And they pressed on with their journey and left me behind,
They hurried on their way, leaving me
Turning my forehead upon the dust.
Tossing my face into the dust
وأجرىand I let flow الدمعَthe tears منfrom شوقيmy longing إليهمfor them
وأجرى الدمعَ من شوقي إليهم
كماjust as تجرىflow السيولُthe torrents منfrom السحابthe clouds
كما تجرى السيولُ من السحاب
And I let tears flow from my longing for them,
And the tears of longing for them
As torrents flow from the clouds.
Flowed as floods flow from the clouds
أبيتُI spend the night أَردِّدُI repeat الزفراتِthe sighs شوقاin longing
أبيتُ أَردِّدُ الزفراتِ شوقا
وقلبيand my heart منfrom نواهمtheir distance فيin التهابِburning
وقلبي من نواهم في التهابِ
I spend the night repeating sighs in longing,
I spent the night sighing in yearning
And my heart is aflame because they are far away.
My heart inflamed with their intention
إليهمto them منهمُfrom them ولهمand for them عليهمupon them
إليهم منهمُ ولهم عليهم
فماso not ليfor me منfrom سواهمanyone besides them منany طِلابِseeking
فما لي من سواهم من طِلابِ
To them, from them, and for them, upon them—
For them, from them, by them
So I seek no one besides them.
None but them I seek
أُسائلI inquire عنهمُabout them منfrom كلevery أرضland
أُسائل عنهمُ من كل أرض
إلىuntil أنthat غابَvanished مِنfrom جسمىmy body شبابيmy youth
إلى أن غابَ مِن جسمى شبابي
I seek news of them from every land,
Of every land I ask after them
Until my youth vanished from my body.
Until youth left my body