أَحينَ عَلِمتَ حَظَّكَ مِن وِدادي

أَحينَ عَلِمتَ حَظَّكَ مِن وِدادي

وَلَم تَجهَل مَحَلَّكَ مِن فُؤادي

وَلَم تَجهَل مَحَلَّكَ مِن فُؤادي

Was it when you knew your share of my love,

When you knew your share of my love

and were not unaware of your place in my heart,

And did not ignore your place in my heart

وَقادَنِيَ الهَوى فَاِنقَدتُ طَوعاً

وَقادَنِيَ الهَوى فَاِنقَدتُ طَوعاً

وَما مَكَّنتُ غَيرَكَ مِن قِيادي

وَما مَكَّنتُ غَيرَكَ مِن قِيادي

and passion led me, so I yielded willingly,

Passion led me, so I yielded willingly

and I let none but you hold my reins,

And granted no one else command over me

رَضيتَ لِيَ السَقامَ لِباسَ جِسمٍ

رَضيتَ لِيَ السَقامَ لِباسَ جِسمٍ

كَحَلتُ الطَرفَ مِنهُ بِالسُهادِ

كَحَلتُ الطَرفَ مِنهُ بِالسُهادِ

that you were content for sickness to clothe my body,

You were pleased that sickness became my body's garb

whose eye I lined with sleeplessness?

My eyes were lined with sleeplessness because of it

أَجِل عَينَيكَ في أَسطارِ كُتبي

أَجِل عَينَيكَ في أَسطارِ كُتبي

تَجِد دَمعي مِزاجاًّ لِلمِدادِ

تَجِد دَمعي مِزاجاًّ لِلمِدادِ

Let your eyes roam over the lines of my letters;

For your eyes, in the lines of my books

you will find my tears mingled with the ink.

You will find my tears mixed into the ink

فَدَيتُكَ إِنَّني قَد ذابَ قَلبي

فَدَيتُكَ إِنَّني قَد ذابَ قَلبي

مِنَ الشَكوى إِلى قَلبٍ جَمادِ

مِنَ الشَكوى إِلى قَلبٍ جَمادِ

May I be your ransom! Truly, my heart has melted

I sacrifice myself for you, my heart has melted

from complaining to a lifeless heart.

From complaining to an unfeeling heart