مصارع من جارت يد البين والنوى

مصارع من جارت يد البين والنوى

عليهم فأضحوا في ديارهم صرعى

عليهم فأضحوا في ديارهم صرعى

The deaths of those whom the hand of parting and distance wronged,

The hands of separation and estrangement have slain,

so they came to lie slain in their own dwellings.

Leaving them lifeless in their homes.

دماؤهم مطلولة قد اباحها

دماؤهم مطلولة قد اباحها

لأحبابهم شرع الهوى حبذا شرعا

لأحبابهم شرع الهوى حبذا شرعا

Their blood is unavenged; its shedding has been sanctioned

Their blood is spilled - desire's law makes lawful

for their beloveds by love's law—how fine a law!

For their loved ones this abhorrent law!

تدرعت من نبل الهوى الصبر جنة

تدرعت من نبل الهوى الصبر جنة

فجاءت سهام منه أنفذت الدرعا

فجاءت سهام منه أنفذت الدرعا

I donned patience as a shield against love's arrows,

I armored myself with patience, love's shield,

then arrows came from it and pierced the armor.

Yet desire's arrows pierced right through the armor.