يا غائباً لم أخنه

يا غائباً لم أخنه

بالبعد ان لم يخنّي

بالبعد ان لم يخنّي

O absent one whom I have not betrayed

O absent one whom I did not betray

through separation, if he has not betrayed me.

With distance if he did not betray me

زاد الجوى بك قربا

زاد الجوى بك قربا

لمّا تباعدت منّي

لمّا تباعدت منّي

Love’s anguish grew nearer because of you

Yearning for you brought you closer

when you drew away from me.

When you moved farther from me

كأنما سرت نحوي

كأنما سرت نحوي

وانمّا سرت عنّي

وانمّا سرت عنّي

As though you had journeyed toward me,

As if you came towards me

and yet you had only journeyed away from me.

While in fact you went away from me