رأيتُ مُحبّاً يداوي حبيباً

رأيتُ مُحبّاً يداوي حبيباً

فكاد فؤادي له أن يذوبا

فكاد فؤادي له أن يذوبا

I saw a lover tending a beloved,

I saw a lover tending to his beloved

And my heart nearly melted for him.

My heart almost melted for him

وشبَّهتُ شكواه في رفعه

وشبَّهتُ شكواه في رفعه

بشكوى عليلٍ يُداوي طبيبا

بشكوى عليلٍ يُداوي طبيبا

And I likened his complaint, as he raised it,

And I compared his complaints in praising him

To the complaint of a sick man tending a physician.

To the complaints of a sick man tended by a doctor