إِذا مُتُّ يا أُمَّ الحُنَيكِلِ فَاِنكِحي

إِذا مُتُّ يا أُمَّ الحُنَيكِلِ فَاِنكِحي

وَلا تَأمُلي بَعدَ الفِراقِ تَلاقِيا

وَلا تَأمُلي بَعدَ الفِراقِ تَلاقِيا

When I die, O Umm al-Hunaykil, then marry;

If you die, O mother of separation, then marry,

And do not hope for reunion after parting.

And hope not after parting for a meeting;

فَإِنَّ الَّذي حُدِّثتِهِ مِن لِقائِنا

فَإِنَّ الَّذي حُدِّثتِهِ مِن لِقائِنا

أَحاديثُ طَسمٍ تَترُكُ العَقلَ واهِياً

أَحاديثُ طَسمٍ تَترُكُ العَقلَ واهِياً

For what you were told of our reunion

For that of which you told about our meeting,

Is tales of Tasm that leave the mind feeble.

Were vain discourses that leave reason wandering.