حبي الذي بين موتي والبقا خُيِّرْ

حبي الذي بين موتي والبقا خُيِّرْ

والعقل مني بأنواع الجفا حُيِّرْ

والعقل مني بأنواع الجفا حُيِّرْ

My beloved, who was given a choice between my death and survival—

My love that's between my death and life confused

while my mind was bewildered by various forms of cruelty—

And my mind with kinds of desertion confused

لم يكفه أن جسمي بالضنى غُيِّرْ

لم يكفه أن جسمي بالضنى غُيِّرْ

حتى جفاني وبالأسقام لي عُيِّرْ

حتى جفاني وبالأسقام لي عُيِّرْ

was not content that my body had been altered by wasting illness,

It did not suffice that my body with malice changed

until he shunned me and was reproached for my ailments.

Until it deserted me and with illnesses shamed