1. When my eyes were deprived of him due to his absence
I wished that my heart, like them, would be empty
١. ولمَّا خَلَت عَينايَ مِنه لِبُعدِه
تَمنَّيتُ أنَّ القَلبَ مثلهما يَخلو
2. So I struggled with that, but it only increased
My love, as if I was trying to dissuade it from flowing
٢. فَراوَدتُه في ذاكَ جَهدي فَزادَني
غَراماً كأني كُنتُ أنهاهُ أن يَسلو