بانَ الخَليتُ وَبَينُهُم شَغَفُ

بانَ الخَليتُ وَبَينُهُم شَغَفُ

وَالدارُ أَحياناً بِهِم قَذَفُ

وَالدارُ أَحياناً بِهِم قَذَفُ

The companions have departed; their parting is anguish.

The longing between us was ardent

And sometimes their dwelling lies far away.

And the house would at times cast us off

ما عَوَّدوكَ بِنَأيِ دارِهِمُ

ما عَوَّدوكَ بِنَأيِ دارِهِمُ

قُربَ الجِوارِ فَفيمَ تَلتَهِفُ

قُربَ الجِوارِ فَفيمَ تَلتَهِفُ

They have not accustomed you, with their dwelling distant,

They did not accustom you to staying away from their house

To close neighborliness—so why do you lament?

Why yearn when neighbors are near?

وَلَقَد تَرى أَن لا يُذَلِّلُها

وَلَقَد تَرى أَن لا يُذَلِّلُها

أَنَّ الفُؤادَ بِذِكرِها كَلِفُ

أَنَّ الفُؤادَ بِذِكرِها كَلِفُ

And indeed you see that she is not softened

You see that it does not humble her

By the heart's passionate attachment to her memory.

That the heart is burdened with the thought of her

زَعَموا بِأَنَّ البَينَ بَعدَ غَدٍ

زَعَموا بِأَنَّ البَينَ بَعدَ غَدٍ

فَالقَلبُ مِمّا أَزمَعوا يَجِفُ

فَالقَلبُ مِمّا أَزمَعوا يَجِفُ

They claimed that parting would come the day after tomorrow,

They claimed that tomorrow the distance grows far

So the heart trembles at what they have resolved.

Yet the heart is desiccated by their intentions

حَلَفوا لَقَد قَطَعوا بَينُهُمُ

حَلَفوا لَقَد قَطَعوا بَينُهُمُ

وَحَلَفتُ أَلفاً مِثلَما حَلَفوا

وَحَلَفتُ أَلفاً مِثلَما حَلَفوا

They swore; indeed, they had severed their bond,

They have sworn they cut ties between them

And I swore a thousand times, just as they swore.

And I swore a thousand oaths just as they swore

لَم أَنسَ مَوقِفَنا وَمَوقِفَها

لَم أَنسَ مَوقِفَنا وَمَوقِفَها

لِتَراجُعٍ وَلَحَينُنا يَقِفُ

لِتَراجُعٍ وَلَحَينُنا يَقِفُ

I have not forgotten where we stood, and where she stood,

I do not forget our stance, nor hers

To exchange words, while our very doom stood by.

Awaiting return, our stances frozen

نَشكو وَتَشكو بَعضَ ما وَجَدَت

نَشكو وَتَشكو بَعضَ ما وَجَدَت

كُلٌّ لِوَشكِ البَينِ مُعتَرِفُ

كُلٌّ لِوَشكِ البَينِ مُعتَرِفُ

We complain, and she complains of some of what she felt;

We complain, and she complains, of what we each felt

Each acknowledges the imminence of parting.

Each admitting agony from the separation

وَمَقالَها وَدُموعُها سَجَمٌ

وَمَقالَها وَدُموعُها سَجَمٌ

أَقلِل حَنينَكَ حينَ تَنصَرِفُ

أَقلِل حَنينَكَ حينَ تَنصَرِفُ

And her words, with her tears streaming:

Her words and her tears, a hot brand

“Lessen your longing when you depart

Lessen your yearning when you leave

عَنّا إِذا دارٌ بِكُم نَزَحَت

عَنّا إِذا دارٌ بِكُم نَزَحَت

وَدَعا لِأُخرى قَلبُكَ الطَرِفُ

وَدَعا لِأُخرى قَلبُكَ الطَرِفُ

From us, when your dwelling takes you far away,

If a house turns you all away from us

And your fickle heart calls for another woman.”

And your fickle heart is tempted by another