أشكو جفا غادةٍ عراني

أشكو جفا غادةٍ عراني

من لوعة الصدّ ما عراها

من لوعة الصدّ ما عراها

I lament a maiden’s cruelty that has befallen me,

I lament a maiden’s coldness; I have been stricken

from the anguish of rejection—which never touched her.

with the anguish of rejection, which has not touched her.

ضنيت والدَّمع ملءُ جفني

ضنيت والدَّمع ملءُ جفني

فلا تراني ولا أراها

فلا تراني ولا أراها

I have wasted away, and tears fill my eyes,

I have wasted away, and my eyelid is full of tears;

so she sees me not, nor do I see her.

so she does not see me, nor do I see her.