إِن مِتُّ مِنكَ وَقَلبي فيهِ ما فيهِ

إِن مِتُّ مِنكَ وَقَلبي فيهِ ما فيهِ

وَلَم أَنَل فَرَجاً مِمّا أُقاسيهِ

وَلَم أَنَل فَرَجاً مِمّا أُقاسيهِ

If I die because of you, while my heart holds what it holds,

If I die of love for you, while my heart is still filled with passion,

If I should die on your account, while my heart holds what it holds,

And find no relief from what I endure,

And I have not found relief from my suffering,

And I attain no respite from the torments I endure,

نادَيتُ قَلبي بِحُزنٍ ثُمَّ قُلتُ لَهُ

نادَيتُ قَلبي بِحُزنٍ ثُمَّ قُلتُ لَهُ

يا مَن يُبالي حَبيباً لا يُباليهِ

يا مَن يُبالي حَبيباً لا يُباليهِ

I shall call to my heart in sorrow, then say to it:

I called to my heart in sorrow and said:

I called out to my heart in sorrow, then I said to it:

“O you who care for a beloved who does not care for you,

O you who care for a beloved who does not care!

"O you who care for a beloved who gives no care for you,

هَذا الَّذي كُنتَ تَهواهُ وَتَمنَحَهُ

هَذا الَّذي كُنتَ تَهواهُ وَتَمنَحَهُ

صَفوَ المَوَدَّةِ قَد غالَت دَواهيهِ

صَفوَ المَوَدَّةِ قَد غالَت دَواهيهِ

This is the one you used to love and grant

This is the one whom you adored and showered

Is this the one whom you adored, to whom you gave away

Pure affection—his calamities have dealt a deadly blow.”

with the finest affection, though now his sickness has increased.

The purest of affection, though his treacheries struck deep?"

فَرَدَّ قَلبي عَلى طَرفي بِحُرقَتِهِ

فَرَدَّ قَلبي عَلى طَرفي بِحُرقَتِهِ

هَذا البَلاءُ الَّذي دَلَّيتَني فيهِ

هَذا البَلاءُ الَّذي دَلَّيتَني فيهِ

Then my heart answered my gaze with its burning anguish:

My heart replied to me in its burning:

Then my heart replied to my eye, amidst its burning fire:

“This is the affliction into which you lowered me.

This is the affliction you led me into!

"This is the tribulation into which you lowered me;

أَرهَقتَني في هَوى مَن لَيسَ يُنصِفُني

أَرهَقتَني في هَوى مَن لَيسَ يُنصِفُني

وَلَيسَ يَنفَكُّ مِن زَهوٍ وَمِن تيهِ

وَلَيسَ يَنفَكُّ مِن زَهوٍ وَمِن تيهِ

You have exhausted me with love for one who does not treat me fairly,

You have burdened me with love for one who does not treat me fairly,

You burdened me with love for one who grants me no fair share,

And is never free of vanity and arrogance.”

And cannot break free from arrogance and confusion.

And who never ceases in his vanity and haughty pride."