أصخْ لِشكيّتي وارفقْ

أصخْ لِشكيّتي وارفقْ

بجسْمٍ فيكَ قَد نحلا

بجسْمٍ فيكَ قَد نحلا

Listen to my complaint, and be gentle

Listen to my complaint, and be gentle

With a body that, for your sake, has grown gaunt.

With a body that has wasted away for love of you.

وقلْ لي من أحلَّ دَمي

وقلْ لي من أحلَّ دَمي

ومن ذا حرّمَ القُبَلاَ

ومن ذا حرّمَ القُبَلاَ

And tell me: who declared my blood lawful?

And tell me who made my blood lawful to shed,

And who is it that forbade kisses?

And who it was that forbade kisses.

وإنْ تنكرْ ضني جسَدي

وإنْ تنكرْ ضني جسَدي

ولم تعطِفْ عليّ ولا

ولم تعطِفْ عليّ ولا

And if you deny my body’s wasting

And if you deny my body's wasting,

And do not soften toward me, nor—

And have not turned toward me with affection,

فكفّ النّبل مِنْ عينيكَ

فكفّ النّبل مِنْ عينيكَ

يكفي بعضُ ما فَعَلاَ

يكفي بعضُ ما فَعَلاَ

Then hold back the arrows from your eyes;

Then hold back the arrows from your eyes:

Some of what those two have done is enough.

Some of what they have done is enough.

ولا تُطلِعْ لَنَا خَدَّاك

ولا تُطلِعْ لَنَا خَدَّاك

وردَ رِياضِها الخَضِلاَ

وردَ رِياضِها الخَضِلاَ

And do not show us your cheeks—

And let not your cheeks reveal to us

The roses of their dew-drenched gardens.

The dew-fresh roses of their gardens.