قمر الدّجى يُبلي الثّياب وأنت يا

قمر الدّجى يُبلي الثّياب وأنت يا

قمر البها تبلي بك الأجسامُ

قمر البها تبلي بك الأجسامُ

The moon of darkness wears garments threadbare; but you, O

The moon of night wears out garments; as for you, O

moon of splendor—through you, bodies waste away.

moon of splendor, bodies are worn away by you.

إن مزّقت أثواب صبري والحشا

إن مزّقت أثواب صبري والحشا

منك الجفونُ فإنّهنّ سهامُ

منك الجفونُ فإنّهنّ سهامُ

If they have rent the robes of my patience, and my very heart—

If the garments of my patience and my heart are torn

those eyelids of yours—then surely they are arrows.

by your eyelids, then they are indeed arrows.

سقم الفؤاد بسقمهنّ وربّما

سقم الفؤاد بسقمهنّ وربّما

أعدي الصّحيح من السّقيم سقام

أعدي الصّحيح من السّقيم سقام

The heart’s sickness comes from their languor; and sometimes

The heart grew sick from their languor, and sometimes

an illness from the sick infects one who is sound.

sickness from the sick infects the healthy.

من رام نيلك فليعم بحر الرّدى

من رام نيلك فليعم بحر الرّدى

إنّ الزُّبير أتى به العوّامُ

إنّ الزُّبير أتى به العوّامُ

Whoever would attain you, let him swim the sea of death:

Whoever seeks to attain you, let him swim the sea of death;

for al-Zubayr was brought forth by al-ʿAwwām.

indeed, al-Zubayr was brought forth by al-‘Awwām.