تَنامُ وَمُدنِفُها يَسهَرُ

تَنامُ وَمُدنِفُها يَسهَرُ

وَ تَصبرُ عَنهُ وَلا يَصبرُ

وَ تَصبرُ عَنهُ وَلا يَصبرُ

She sleeps while her lovesick lover stays awake.

You sleep while he stays awake

And she endures being apart from him, but he cannot.

You show patience though he has none

لَئِن دامَ هَذا وَهَذا بِهِ

لَئِن دامَ هَذا وَهَذا بِهِ

سَيَهلِكُ وَجداً وَلا يَشعُرُ

سَيَهلِكُ وَجداً وَلا يَشعُرُ

If these two states persist in him,

If this persists, though he knows it not

He will perish of longing without realizing it.

He'll perish from anguish, undone