يا لائِمَ العاشِقِ أَنتَ الَّذي

لِكُلِّ مَن يَهوى وَمَن يَعشَقُ

O blamer of the lover, it is you

O blamer of the lover, you are the one

For everyone who loves and is enamored

Who haunts everyone who desires and loves.

فَدَيتُ مَن كَلَّمَني طَرفُهُ

سِرّاً مِنَ الناسِ وَمَن يَنطِقُ

I sacrifice the one whose glance spoke to me

May I be a ransom for the one whose glance spoke to me,

Secretly, away from people, and who converses

Secretly from the people, even as he spoke.

أَوما بِعَينَيهِ بِتَسليمَةٍ

وَقَلبُهُ مِن وَجَلٍ يَخفِقُ

Or hasn’t he, with his eyes, bid me peace

He signaled a greeting with his eyes,

While his heart beats rapidly out of awe

While his heart was pounding with fear.

فَرِحتُ مَسروراً بِما نِلتُهُ

وَالقَلبُ فيهِ جَمرَةٌ تَحرِقُ

I was happy, delighted, with what I attained

I rejoiced, delighted by what I had won,

And my heart has within it a burning ember

Though in the heart, a burning ember glows.