ولمَّا خَلَت عَينايَ مِنه لِبُعدِه

ولمَّا خَلَت عَينايَ مِنه لِبُعدِه

تَمنَّيتُ أنَّ القَلبَ مثلهما يَخلو

تَمنَّيتُ أنَّ القَلبَ مثلهما يَخلو

And when distance left my eyes bereft of him,

And when my eyes were bereft of him because he was far away,

When my eyes were deprived of him due to his absence

I wished that my heart, like them, might be empty too.

I wished my heart, like them, would be empty of him.

I wished that my heart, like them, would be empty

فَراوَدتُه في ذاكَ جَهدي فَزادَني

فَراوَدتُه في ذاكَ جَهدي فَزادَني

غَراماً كأني كُنتُ أنهاهُ أن يَسلو

غَراماً كأني كُنتُ أنهاهُ أن يَسلو

I coaxed it toward that with all my might, but it only increased my

So I tried my utmost to coax it to do so, but it heightened my

So I struggled with that, but it only increased

passion—as though I had forbidden it to forget.

passion, as though I were forbidding it to forget him.

My love, as if I was trying to dissuade it from flowing