1. بِهِ سِحرٌ يُتَيِّمُهُ

    كِلا جَفنَيكَ يَعلَمُهُ

    A spell is upon him that enslaves him to love;

    both your eyelids know it.

  2. هُما كادا لِمُهجَتِهِ

    وَمِنكَ الكَيدُ مُعظَمُهُ

    They both plotted against his heart,

    and most of the plotting comes from you.

  3. تُعَذِّبُهُ بِسِحرِهِما

    وَتوجِدُهُ وَتُعدِمُهُ

    You torment him with their magic,

    and bring him into being and annihilate him.

  4. فَلا هاروتَ رَقَّ لَهُ

    وَلا ماروتَ يَرحَمُهُ

    So Harut has felt no pity for him,

    nor does Marut have mercy on him.

  5. وَتَظلِمُهُ فَلا يَشكو

    إِلى مَن لَيسَ يَظلِمُهُ

    And you wrong him, yet he does not complain

    to anyone who does not wrong him.

  6. أَسَرَّ فَماتَ كُتماناً

    وَباحَ فخانَهُ فَمُهُ

    He kept his secret and died of concealment;

    and he spoke out, only for his mouth to betray him.

  7. فَوَيحَ المُدنَفِ المَع

    مودِ حَتّى البَثُّ يُحرَمُهُ

    Ah, pity the lovesick, tor-

    mented man—even an outpouring of grief is denied him.

  8. طَويلُ اللَيلِ تَرحَمُهُ

    هَواتِفُهُ وَأَنجُمُهُ

    His night is long; he is pitied

    by its unseen voices and its stars.

  9. إِذا جَدَّ الغَرامُ بِهِ

    جَرى في دَمعِهِ دَمُهُ

    When passion grows fierce within him,

    his blood runs in his tears.

  10. يَكادُ لِطولِ صُحبَتِهِ

    يُعادي السُقمَ يُسقِمُهُ

    So long has he kept its company that he almost

    turns against sickness itself and makes it sick.

  11. ثَنى الأَعناقَ عُوَّدُهُ

    وَأَلقى العُذرَ لُوَّمُهُ

    His sickbed visitors turned their heads aside,

    and his reproachers made excuses for him.

  12. قَضى عِشقاً سِوى رَمَقٍ

    إِلَيكَ غَدا يُقَدِّمُهُ

    He has perished of love, save for one last breath,

    which he has come to offer you.

  13. عَسى إِن قيلَ ماتَ هَوىً

    تَقولُ اللَهُ يَرحَمُهُ

    Perhaps, if it is said, 'He died of love,'

    you will say, 'May God have mercy on him.'

  14. فَتَحيا في مَراقِدِها

    بِلَفظٍ مِنكَ أَعظُمُهُ

    Then life would return in their resting places

    to his bones, at a word from you.

  15. بِروحِيَ البانُ يَومَ رَنا

    عَنِ المَقدورِ أَعصَمُهُ

    My soul for the bān tree, on the day he gazed!

    I would shield him from ordained fate.

  16. وَيَومَ طُعِنتُ مِن غُصنٍ

    مُعَلِّمُهُ مُنَعِّمُهُ

    And on the day I was pierced by a branch

    whose teacher is the one who made it tender.

  17. قَضاءُ اللَهِ نَظرَتُهُ

    وَلُطفُ اللَهِ مَبسِمُهُ

    His glance is God's decree,

    and his smiling mouth is God's gentleness.

  18. رَمى فَاِستَهدَفَت كَبِدي

    بِيَ الرامي وَأَسهُمَهُ

    He shot, and my liver became his target;

    I would ransom the archer and his arrows with myself.

  19. لَهُ مِن أَضلُعي قاعٌ

    وَمِن عَجَبٍ يُسَلِّمُهُ

    Within my ribs he has a plain,

    and it is a wonder that he leaves it unharmed;

  20. وَمِن قَلبي وَحَبَّتِهِ

    كِناسٌ باتَ يَهدِمُهُ

    and within my heart and its very core,

    a lair he spent the night tearing down.

  21. غَزالٌ في يَدَيهِ التي

    هُ بَينَ الغيدِ يَقسِمُهُ

    A gazelle, in whose hands is haughti-

    ness, which he apportions among the graceful beauties.