يا نَظرَةً كانَت عَلَيكَ بَليَّةً

يا نَظرَةً كانَت عَلَيكَ بَليَّةً

إِنّي إِخالُكَ بَعدَها لا تَسلَمُ

إِنّي إِخالُكَ بَعدَها لا تَسلَمُ

Ah, a glance that proved a calamity for you!

O glance that was an affliction upon me

I think you will not be safe after it.

I fear for you afterwards, you will not be safe

إِنَّ الظُنونَ بِمَن أُحِبُّ كَثيرةٌ

إِنَّ الظُنونَ بِمَن أُحِبُّ كَثيرةٌ

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ ما أُسِرُّ وَأَكتُمُ

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ ما أُسِرُّ وَأَكتُمُ

Indeed, misgivings about the one I love are many.

Suspicions about those I love are many

God knows what I keep secret and conceal.

God knows what I conceal and hide

إِن دامَ ما بي يا مُحَمَّدُ هَكَذا

إِن دامَ ما بي يا مُحَمَّدُ هَكَذا

فَلَأَهلَكَنَّ وَقاتِلي لا يَعلَمُ

فَلَأَهلَكَنَّ وَقاتِلي لا يَعلَمُ

If what ails me persists like this, O Muhammad,

If this continues with me, O Muhammad

Then I shall surely perish, while my slayer does not know.

I will destroy myself, my enemies will not know

إِنّي لَأَجتَنِبُ الزِيارَةَ جاهِداً

إِنّي لَأَجتَنِبُ الزِيارَةَ جاهِداً

وَالشَوقُ بَينَ جَوانِحي يَتَضَرَّمُ

وَالشَوقُ بَينَ جَوانِحي يَتَضَرَّمُ

Indeed, I avoid visiting with great effort,

I avoid visiting with great struggle

While longing blazes between my ribs.

While yearning tears through my soul