زَهِدَت جِنانٌ في الَّذي

زَهِدَت جِنانٌ في الَّذي

رَغِبَت إِلَيها فيهِ نَفسي

رَغِبَت إِلَيها فيهِ نَفسي

Jinan shunned what

The gardens I desired have lost their appeal,

Jinan renounced the love for which my soul toward her yearned,

my soul longed for from her.

Though once my soul yearned for them and their feel.

So I renounced the world, and to the grave my longing turned.

فَزَهِدتُ في الدُنيا وَصا

فَزَهِدتُ في الدُنيا وَصا

رَت مُنيَتي في زَورِ رَمسي

رَت مُنيَتي في زَورِ رَمسي

So I renounced the world, and

So now I spurn this world and all its gloss,

I hid myself so that her eye would not perceive me, and stilled my voice,

my wish became to visit my grave.

My end is coming soon, that I can tell.

Lest the sound of my stirring should alarm that lovely face.

وَطَوَيتُ عَيني أَن تَرا

وَطَوَيتُ عَيني أَن تَرا

ني عَينُها وَأَمَتُّ جِرسي

ني عَينُها وَأَمَتُّ جِرسي

And I hid myself, lest

I shut my eyes lest hers upon me dwell,

her eye see me, and I silenced my voice,

And hush my voice, her lovely face to bless.

كَيلا يُرَوِّعَ ذَلِكَ ال

كَيلا يُرَوِّعَ ذَلِكَ ال

وَجهَ المَليحَ سَماعُ حِسّي

وَجهَ المَليحَ سَماعُ حِسّي

lest it startle that

Lest my sad moans should that fair cheek distress.

lovely face to hear my faint sound.