يا قلبُ دَعْهُم فقد جرّبْتَ غَدرَهُمُ

يا قلبُ دَعْهُم فقد جرّبْتَ غَدرَهُمُ

وَفي التّجارِبِ بَعد الغَيّ ما يَزَعُ

وَفي التّجارِبِ بَعد الغَيّ ما يَزَعُ

O heart, leave them, for you have experienced their treachery.

O heart, leave them be, for you have tried their betrayal,

And in experience, after error, lies something that restrains.

And in trials, after going astray, what avails anxiety?

أكَفّرَ البعدُ عَنهم ما جَنَوهُ أم ال

أكَفّرَ البعدُ عَنهم ما جَنَوهُ أم ال

أيّام أنْسَتْكَ بعد البَينِ ما صَنَعُوا

أيّام أنْسَتْكَ بعد البَينِ ما صَنَعُوا

Has distance absolved them of the wrong they did, or have the

Did absence atone for what they gained, or did

days made you forget, after parting, what they did?

The days make you forget, after separation, what they did?

وهبْهمُ أحسنُوا هل يُرجعَنّهُمُ

وهبْهمُ أحسنُوا هل يُرجعَنّهُمُ

إليكَ وجدُك أو يُدنيهِمُ الهَلَعُ

إليكَ وجدُك أو يُدنيهِمُ الهَلَعُ

And suppose they acted kindly—will they be brought back

Grant them goodness. Did it make them return

to you by your longing, or drawn near by desperate distress?

To you and your presence, or did longing draw them near?

ألستَ بالأمسِ فارقْتَ الشَبابَ ولا

ألستَ بالأمسِ فارقْتَ الشَبابَ ولا

أعزّ منْهُ فَلِمْ لا رَدّه الجَزَعُ

أعزّ منْهُ فَلِمْ لا رَدّه الجَزَعُ

Did you not part with youth yesterday, though nothing

Were you not yesterday parted from youth? Yet nothing

is dearer than it? Then why did grief not bring it back?

Is dearer than it, so why does grief not restore it?