قد عصاني دمعي وخِلّي فخِلت الخَلَّ

قد عصاني دمعي وخِلّي فخِلت الخَلَّ

دمعاً وخلتُ دمعيَ خِلا

دمعاً وخلتُ دمعيَ خِلا

My tears and my beloved have defied me, so I mistook the beloved

My tears and my friend defied me, so I deemed my friend

for tears—and mistook you, O my tears, for a beloved.

tears, and deemed my tears a friend.

وأحاطت بي الخصوم فجفناً

وأحاطت بي الخصوم فجفناً

مستهلاً وصاحباً مستقلا

مستهلاً وصاحباً مستقلا

The adversaries closed in around me, and so my two eyelids

And foes surrounded me: an eye

stream tears, while my two companions have departed.

streaming with tears, a friend departing,

وفؤاداً لو ظنَّ إبليس أن

وفؤاداً لو ظنَّ إبليس أن

النار في حرِّه لصام وصلى

النار في حرِّه لصام وصلى

And a heart—if Iblis were to suppose that

and a heart—had Iblis thought that

Hellfire lay within its heat, he would fast and pray.

the Fire matched its heat, he would have fasted and prayed.