تعشقته جاراً أسال مدامعي

تعشقته جاراً أسال مدامعي

وحملني ما ليس يحمله الناس

وحملني ما ليس يحمله الناس

I fell in love with him as a neighbor; he made my tears flow,

I fell for him, my neighbor, so I shed tears,

And burdened me with what people cannot bear.

And bore what others do not bear.

فجار وأجرى حين جاور واجتر

فجار وأجرى حين جاور واجتر

فما فاته مما يروم جناس

فما فاته مما يروم جناس

He wronged me and made my tears flow when he lived nearby and drew me to him;

He wronged me and harmed me when he lived nearby

So no wordplay eluded him in anything he sought.

Yet nothing he wished escaped him anyway.