رحم الله النواجي فقد

رحم الله النواجي فقد

فقد الدنيا وأبقى ما روى

فقد الدنيا وأبقى ما روى

May God have mercy on al-Nawaji, for he has

May God have mercy on parting friends

lost the world and left behind what he narrated.

For they have left this world yet what they sowed remains

وانطوى في شقة البين فيا

وانطوى في شقة البين فيا

حسرو العشاق من بعد النواجي

حسرو العشاق من بعد النواجي

And he was enfolded in the expanse of separation—oh,

And so they fold into the crease of separation—how I grieve,

the lovers' sorrow after al-Nawaji!

The longing of lovers after parting friends