وَلَو أَنَّني إِذ حانَ وَقتُ حِمامِها

وَلَو أَنَّني إِذ حانَ وَقتُ حِمامِها

أُحَكِّمُ في عُمري لَقاسَمتُها عُمري

أُحَكِّمُ في عُمري لَقاسَمتُها عُمري

And had I, when the hour of her death came,

And if when her time of death drew near,

had control over my lifespan, I would have shared my lifespan with her.

I could have ransomed her with my life,

فَحَلَّ بِنا الفُقدانُ في ساعَةٍ مَعاً

فَحَلَّ بِنا الفُقدانُ في ساعَةٍ مَعاً

فَمُتُّ وَلا تَدري وَماتَت وَلا أَدري

فَمُتُّ وَلا تَدري وَماتَت وَلا أَدري

Then loss would have befallen us together in a single hour,

Loss befell us both at the same hour-

And I would have died without her knowing, and she would have died without my knowing.

I died, knowing naught, and she died, knowing naught.