نظرتُ كأني من وراءِ زجاجةٍ

نظرتُ كأني من وراءِ زجاجةٍ

إلى الدارِ من ماء الصبابةِ أنظرُ

إلى الدارِ من ماء الصبابةِ أنظرُ

I gazed as though from behind a pane of glass,

I looked as though from behind a glass vessel,

I looked as if from behind a glass

toward the dwelling, peering through the water of longing.

made of longing’s water, gazing at the dwelling.

At the house, looking from the water of youth

بعنين طورا تغرقان من البكا

بعنين طورا تغرقان من البكا

فاعشى وطورا تحسران فأبصرُ

فاعشى وطورا تحسران فأبصرُ

With two eyes that at times drown in weeping,

With two eyes that at times drown in weeping,

With two eyes at times drowning in tears

so my sight grows dim, then at times they clear and I see.

so I grow dim-sighted; at times they clear, and I see.

At times disappointed so I see

وليس الذي يهمى من العين دمعها

وليس الذي يهمى من العين دمعها

ولكنه نفس تذوب وتقطر

ولكنه نفس تذوب وتقطر

What streams from the eye is not its tears,

And what flows from the eye is not its tears,

It's not the tears that flow from my eyes

but rather a soul that melts and drips.

but a soul that melts and drips.

But a soul that melts and drips

فلا مقلتي من غامر الماء تنجلي

فلا مقلتي من غامر الماء تنجلي

ولا دمعتي من ملمد الوجدِ تقطر

ولا دمعتي من ملمد الوجدِ تقطر

Thus my eye never clears of the engulfing water,

So my eye does not clear of the engulfing water,

So my eyelids don't clear from the abundant water

nor does my tear drip from longing’s relentless oppression.

nor does my tear drip from longing’s [unclear word].

Nor my tears from the flaming passion drip