وَلَمّاand when أَصبَحَbecame الوَصلُthe union
وَلَمّا أَصبَحَ الوَصلُ
صَحيحاًsound ماno بِهِin it داءُailment
صَحيحاً ما بِهِ داءُ
And when union became
When unison came, with no disease,
sound, with no ailment in it,
Separation arrived, with no seen, he, or la,
أَتىcame الهَجرُthe estrangement فَلاthen no سينٌthe letter sīn
أَتى الهَجرُ فَلا سينٌ
وَلاnor هاءٌthe letter hāʾ وَلاnor لاءُlāʾ (lām–alif)
وَلا هاءٌ وَلا لاءُ
estrangement came—then no sīn,
No meem or raa,
nor hāʾ, nor lāʾ,
No haa or baa.
وَلاnor ميمٌthe letter mīm وَلاnor راءٌthe letter rāʾ
وَلا ميمٌ وَلا راءٌ
وَلاnor حاءٌthe letter ḥāʾ وَلاnor باءُthe letter bāʾ
وَلا حاءٌ وَلا باءُ
nor mīm, nor rāʾ,
As though I have no baa,
nor ḥāʾ, nor bāʾ,
Nor khaa or taa.
كَأَنّيas though I لَيسَthere is not ليfor me باءٌthe letter bāʾ
كَأَنّي لَيسَ لي باءٌ
وَلاnor خاءٌthe letter khāʾ وَلاnor تاءُthe letter tāʾ
وَلا خاءٌ وَلا تاءُ
as though I had no bāʾ,
nor khāʾ, nor tāʾ.
Partial English translation: 6 of 8 Arabic lines translated.