هذا كتاب مصارع العشاق

هذا كتاب مصارع العشاق

صرعتهم يوماً نوى وفراق

صرعتهم يوماً نوى وفراق

This is the book of lovers’ deaths.

This is the book of lovers slain

Distance and parting struck them down one day.

Once struck down by longing and parting's bane

تصنيف من لدغ الفراق فؤاده

تصنيف من لدغ الفراق فؤاده

وتطلب الراقي فعز الراقي

وتطلب الراقي فعز الراقي

The work of one whose heart was stung by parting,

Penned by one whose heart was by separation's sting afflicted

And who sought a healer versed in charms, but the healer was hard to find.

Seeking a healer, but healers proved too few

فإذا تصفحه اللبيب رثى لهم

فإذا تصفحه اللبيب رثى لهم

أسرى الهوى أيسوا من الإطلاق

أسرى الهوى أيسوا من الإطلاق

So when the discerning reader leafs through it, he pities them—

Should the sage peruse it, for them he would grieve

Captives of love who have despaired of release.

Captives of passion, from freedom bereaved