1. Your memory occupies me in every state,
It quenches me until it stirs my worries,
١. وَيَعْتادُنِي ذِكْراكَ في كُلِّ حالَةٍ
فَتَشْتَفُّنِي حَتّى تُهَيِّجَ وَسْواسِي
2. And I yearn for you while despair lies in my soul,
Remaining in passion as long as grief remains,
٢. وَأَشْتاقُكُمْ وَالْيَأْسُ بَيْنَ جَوانِحِي
وَأَبْرَحُ شَوْقٍ ما أَقامَ مَعَ ألْياسِ
3. And if not for misfortune, life would have no connection,
And if not for purpose, love would have no intimacy.
٣. وَلَوْلا الرَّدى ما كانَ بِالعَيْشِ وَصْمَةٌ
وَلَوْلا النَّوى ما كانَ بِالْحُبِّ مِنْ باسِ