إنْ كان طيفُك زارنا

إنْ كان طيفُك زارنا

فلقد تَجَنَّبَنا طويلا

فلقد تَجَنَّبَنا طويلا

If your phantom came to visit us,

If your phantom has visited us,

then indeed it had long shunned us.

it had indeed avoided us for a long time.

علّلتُمُ بطُروقكمْ

علّلتُمُ بطُروقكمْ

ومحالكم قلباً عليلا

ومحالكم قلباً عليلا

I recognized you by your coming at night

You soothed, with your visits by night,

and by your wiles—my heart ailing.

and with your deceit, an ailing heart.

ما كان يرضى بالكثي

ما كان يرضى بالكثي

ر وبعدكمْ رضيَ القليلا

ر وبعدكمْ رضيَ القليلا

It had never been content with plen—

It had not been content with much,

—ty; yet in your absence, it accepted little.

yet after your departure it accepted little.

فهو الغداةَ كفاقدٍ

فهو الغداةَ كفاقدٍ

أحبابَه نَدَب الطُّلولا

أحبابَه نَدَب الطُّلولا

So this morning it is like one bereft

So this morning it is like one who has lost

of his loved ones, mourning the abandoned campsites.

his loved ones and lamented the ruins.

أوجدتموه إلى الأما

أوجدتموه إلى الأما

ني في لقائكمُ السَّبيلا

ني في لقائكمُ السَّبيلا

You made it find the path to its long—

You gave it, toward the hopes

—ings in meeting you.

of meeting you, a path.