أَعصابة الشَوق الَّتي

أَعصابة الشَوق الَّتي

شَب الجَوى بِضُلوعِها

شَب الجَوى بِضُلوعِها

O band of longing, in whose

The nerves of longing which

ribs love's anguish has blazed,

The burning of yearning set ablaze in my ribs—

إِن جئت دار أَحبَتي

إِن جئت دار أَحبَتي

وَوَقفت عِندَ رُبوعِها

وَوَقفت عِندَ رُبوعِها

if you come to my loved ones' abode

If I come to my beloved’s abode

and stand by its dwellings,

And pause by its ruins—

أَدي الوكة مُغرَم

أَدي الوكة مُغرَم

اللَهُ في تَضييعها

اللَهُ في تَضييعها

deliver a lovesick lover's message—

Will lead a lover astray,

for God's sake, do not neglect it.

God help him in his bewilderment!