لو كنتُ أعلم أنّ يومَ وَداعكْم

لو كنتُ أعلم أنّ يومَ وَداعكْم

أضْنَى وأنّي من وصالك أُسْلَب

أضْنَى وأنّي من وصالك أُسْلَب

Had I known that the day of bidding you farewell

If I had known the day I bid you farewell

would wear me down, and that I would be robbed of union with you,

Would grieve me, and that I'd be deprived of your company,

لقتلتُ نفسي طاعةً لرضاكُم

لقتلتُ نفسي طاعةً لرضاكُم

ورأيتُ ذاك هو الصوابُ الأوجبُ

ورأيتُ ذاك هو الصوابُ الأوجبُ

I would have killed myself in obedience, to please you,

I would have killed myself to obey your contentment,

and deemed that the right and most imperative course.

And seen that to be the most proper and right choice.