وآخر العهد منه

وآخر العهد منه

وطول أيّام هجرهْ

وطول أيّام هجرهْ

And the last I saw of him—

The last promise from him,

and long were the days of his estrangement—

And the lengthy days of his abandonment,

قد كاد يخفى نحولاً

قد كاد يخفى نحولاً

عن النهى عند ذكرهْ

عن النهى عند ذكرهْ

he had grown so thin he almost vanished

Have nearly caused his thinness

from the mind at the mention of him.

To disappear upon mentioning him.