يا صاحِبَيَّ تَصَدَّعَت كِبدي

يا صاحِبَيَّ تَصَدَّعَت كِبدي

أَشكو الغَداةَ إِلَيكُما وَجدي

أَشكو الغَداةَ إِلَيكُما وَجدي

O my two companions, my liver has split apart.

O my friends, my liver is cracked

This morning I lament to you both my anguish

I complain to you both, my fervor

مِن حُبِّ جارِيَةٍ كَلِفتُ بِها

مِن حُبِّ جارِيَةٍ كَلِفتُ بِها

حَلَّت بِمَكَّةَ في بَني سَعدِ

حَلَّت بِمَكَّةَ في بَني سَعدِ

From love of a young woman with whom I have become infatuated.

Of love for a maid I was burdened with

She settled in Mecca among the Banu Sa'd.

She stayed in Mecca, among the tribe of Saad

حَلَّت بِمَكَّةَ وَالنَوى قُذُفٌ

حَلَّت بِمَكَّةَ وَالنَوى قُذُفٌ

هَيهاتَ مَكَّةُ مِن قُرى لُدِّ

هَيهاتَ مَكَّةُ مِن قُرى لُدِّ

She settled in Mecca, and the distance is great.

She stayed in Mecca, while the purpose was discarded

Far, far is Mecca from the villages of Ludd!

Alas, Mecca, away from the homelands

لا دارُها داري فَتُسعِفَني

لا دارُها داري فَتُسعِفَني

هَذا لَعَمرُكَ مِن شَقا جَدّي

هَذا لَعَمرُكَ مِن شَقا جَدّي

Her home is not my home, so she cannot come to my aid.

Neither her home is my home, to give me relief

This, by your life, is due to my ill fortune.

By your life, this is the most wretched fervor of mine

وَاللَهِ لا أَنسى مَقالَتَها

وَاللَهِ لا أَنسى مَقالَتَها

حَتّى أُضَمَّنَ مَيِّتاً لَحدي

حَتّى أُضَمَّنَ مَيِّتاً لَحدي

By God, I shall not forget her words

By Allah, I won’t forget her words

Until I am laid, dead, within my grave,

Until I'm laid to rest in my grave

وَوَداعُها يَومَ الرَحيلِ وَقَد

وَوَداعُها يَومَ الرَحيلِ وَقَد

زُمَّ المَطيُّ لِبَينِهِم تَخدي

زُمَّ المَطيُّ لِبَينِهِم تَخدي

Nor her farewell on the day of departure, when already

And her farewell the day we departed

The riding camels were bridled for their departure, striding swiftly.

As the riding animal was ready between us

وَالعَينُ واكِفَةٌ وَقَد خَضِلَت

وَالعَينُ واكِفَةٌ وَقَد خَضِلَت

مِمّا تُفيضُ عَوارِضُ الخَدِّ

مِمّا تُفيضُ عَوارِضُ الخَدِّ

And the eye streamed tears; already wet were

While my eyes were sleepless and had become

The sides of the cheek with what it shed.

Discolored from the tears flowing down my cheek

اِذهَب فَدَيتُكَ غَيرَ مُبتَعِدٍ

اِذهَب فَدَيتُكَ غَيرَ مُبتَعِدٍ

لا كانَ هَذا آخِرَ العَهدِ

لا كانَ هَذا آخِرَ العَهدِ

“Go—may I be your ransom—but do not go far;

Go, may I ransom you, not distancing

May this not be our last meeting.”

For this was not the last covenant