فَلَو كانوا اِذ بانوا يَئِست فَلَم يَكُن

فَلَو كانوا اِذ بانوا يَئِست فَلَم يَكُن

لَهُم اِذ هُمُ شَخط عَلَيكَ رَجاءُ

لَهُم اِذ هُمُ شَخط عَلَيكَ رَجاءُ

Had you despaired when they departed, and had there been

Had they when they despaired not hoped again,

no hope of them for you when they were far away,

Then when in wrath against you they were bent,

إذاً لِشفاك اليَأس من كلف بِهِم

إذاً لِشفاك اليَأس من كلف بِهِم

وَفي اليَأس مِمّا لا يُنالُ شِفاءُ

وَفي اليَأس مِمّا لا يُنالُ شِفاءُ

then despair would have healed you of your passion for them;

To intercede for them had been in vain,

and in despair of what cannot be attained there is healing.

And hope of mercy that shall not relent.