وَدَّعتُ غِزلانَ المَقاصِر

وَدَّعتُ غِزلانَ المَقاصِر

وَاللَيلُ مُشمَطُّ الغَدائِر

وَاللَيلُ مُشمَطُّ الغَدائِر

I bade farewell to the gazelles of the secluded chambers,

while night's tresses were streaked with gray.

فَغَدا مَرادُ دُموعِنا

فَغَدا مَرادُ دُموعِنا

مِمّا جَناهُ البَينُ سائِر

مِمّا جَناهُ البَينُ سائِر

So the course of our tears was set

flowing by what parting had wrought.

لَولا نَوى لَم أَجنِها

لَولا نَوى لَم أَجنِها

حَجَرَت عَلى الدَمعِ المَحاجِر

حَجَرَت عَلى الدَمعِ المَحاجِر

Were it not for a separation I had not brought about,

the eye sockets would have held back the tears.