شَوقي إِلَيكَ نَفى لَذيذَ هُجوعي

شَوقي إِلَيكَ نَفى لَذيذَ هُجوعي

فارَقتَني فَأَقامَ بَينَ ضُلوعي

فارَقتَني فَأَقامَ بَينَ ضُلوعي

My longing for you banished the sweetness of my sleep;

My longing for you has banished the sweetness of slumber,

You left me, and it settled between my ribs.

You departed, yet that longing remained dwelling within my ribs.

أَوَ ما وَجَدتُم في الصَراةِ مُلوحَةً

أَوَ ما وَجَدتُم في الصَراةِ مُلوحَةً

مِمّا أُرَقرِقُ في الفُراتِ دُموعي

مِمّا أُرَقرِقُ في الفُراتِ دُموعي

And did you not find saltiness in the Sarat,

Did you not taste a saltiness in the waters of the Sarat,

From my tears that I let flow into the Euphrates?

From the flood of tears I shed into the Euphrates?

ما زِلتُ أَحذَرُ مِن وَداعِكَ جاهِداً

ما زِلتُ أَحذَرُ مِن وَداعِكَ جاهِداً

حَتّى اِغتَدى أَسَفي عَلى التَوديعِ

حَتّى اِغتَدى أَسَفي عَلى التَوديعِ

I kept striving to guard against parting from you,

I strove endlessly to guard against your farewell,

Until I came to grieve for the farewell itself.

Until my sorrow became the very act of parting.

رَحَلَ العَزاءُ بِرِحلَتي فَكَأَنَّما

رَحَلَ العَزاءُ بِرِحلَتي فَكَأَنَّما

أَتبَعتُهُ الأَنفاسَ لِلتَشيّعِ

أَتبَعتُهُ الأَنفاسَ لِلتَشيّعِ

Solace departed with my departure, so it was as though

Solace departed upon my departure, as though

I sent my breaths after it as an escort.

I sent my sighs to escort it away in procession.