ما صَنَعَ الهِجرانُ لا كانا

ما صَنَعَ الهِجرانُ لا كانا

هاجَ عَلَيَّ الهَجرُ أَحزانا

هاجَ عَلَيَّ الهَجرُ أَحزانا

What estrangement has wrought—may it never have been!

What separation has done, if it was

Estrangement stirred up sorrows within me.

Yearning assailed me in sorrow

وَنَمَّ طَرَفي بِدَخيلِ الهَوى

وَنَمَّ طَرَفي بِدَخيلِ الهَوى

فَصارَ ما أَسرَرتُ إِعلانا

فَصارَ ما أَسرَرتُ إِعلانا

And my gaze told of love's innermost secret,

And my eyelids with love's tears were wet

So what I had kept secret became public.

So my secret became known to all