أنا في الحُبِّ مُغرَمٌ مُستَنيلُ

أنا في الحُبِّ مُغرَمٌ مُستَنيلُ

كُلَّ نَيلٍ أَنالُهُ لي قَليلُ

كُلَّ نَيلٍ أَنالُهُ لي قَليلُ

In love I am enamored, seeking favors.

I am deeply in love, ever yearning,

Every favor I obtain is too little for me.

Yet every love I attain is so fleeting.

لي جُثمانُ مَن يَظُنُّ صَحيحاً

لي جُثمانُ مَن يَظُنُّ صَحيحاً

وَفُؤادي مِنَ الغَرامِ عَليلُ

وَفُؤادي مِنَ الغَرامِ عَليلُ

I have the body of one who thinks himself healthy,

My body seems to others quite healthy,

Yet my heart is ailing with passion.

But my heart is made frail by its beating.

ليَ ذِهنٌ مِثلَ الحُسامِ صَقيلُ

ليَ ذِهنٌ مِثلَ الحُسامِ صَقيلُ

هُوَ مِن كَثرَةِ التَجَنّي فَليلُ

هُوَ مِن كَثرَةِ التَجَنّي فَليلُ

I have a mind polished like a sword,

My mind was once sharp as a honed sword,

But it is nicked by so much unjust blame.

Now dulled by the wounds from its meeting.