وَمُستَضحِكٍ مِن عَبرَتي وَبُكائي

وَمُستَضحِكٍ مِن عَبرَتي وَبُكائي

بِكَفَّيهِ دائي في الهَوى وَدَوائي

بِكَفَّيهِ دائي في الهَوى وَدَوائي

And one who laughs at my tears and weeping,

Mocking my sobbing and my cries

in whose hands lie my sickness in love and my cure,

With his hands, the cure for my love's agony

رَآني وَعَيني بِالدُموعِ غَزيرَةٌ

رَآني وَعَيني بِالدُموعِ غَزيرَةٌ

وَقَد هَتَكَ الهِجرانُ سِترَ عَزائي

وَقَد هَتَكَ الهِجرانُ سِترَ عَزائي

saw me, my eye overflowing with tears,

He saw me, my eyes streaming with plentiful tears

while estrangement had torn the veil of my composure.

And separation had uncovered my consolation's veil

بَسَطتُ إِلَيهِ راحَتي مُتَضَرِّعاً

بَسَطتُ إِلَيهِ راحَتي مُتَضَرِّعاً

أُناشِدُهُ أَلّا يُخيبَ رَجائي

أُناشِدُهُ أَلّا يُخيبَ رَجائي

I stretched my palm toward him in supplication,

I stretched my palm to him, pleading

beseeching him not to disappoint my hope.

That he not disappoint my hope

فَقالَ فَمَن أَبكاكَ إِن كُنتَ صادِقاً

فَقالَ فَمَن أَبكاكَ إِن كُنتَ صادِقاً

فَقُلتُ الَّذي أَهوى فَقالَ سَوائي

فَقُلتُ الَّذي أَهوى فَقالَ سَوائي

Then he said, “Who made you weep, if you are truthful?”

So he said "Who made you cry, if you are truthful?"

I said, “The one I love.” He said, “Someone other than me.”

I said "The one I love," and he said "It's equal to me"