فَينظُرُني مِن الحُمَّى جَمِيعاً

فَينظُرُني مِن الحُمَّى جَمِيعاً

بِجُملتِها وَقَدْ حَمِيَ الوَطِيسُ

بِجُملتِها وَقَدْ حَمِيَ الوَطِيسُ

So he grants me respite from the fever altogether,

So they all look at me with fever

in its entirety, with the furnace now ablaze.

With all its symptoms, and the fever has intensified

وَلي سَنَةٌ أَكابِدُها فَتَمضي

وَلي سَنَةٌ أَكابِدُها فَتَمضي

وَتَأْتي وَهْيَ سَاخِطَةٌ عَبُوسُ

وَتَأْتي وَهْيَ سَاخِطَةٌ عَبُوسُ

And for a year I have endured her; then she departs,

And I have a year that I endure, then it passes

and returns, angry and scowling.

And it comes while it is angry and gloomy

إذا ما أَقْلَعَتْ عنّي بِرِيحٍ

إذا ما أَقْلَعَتْ عنّي بِرِيحٍ

طِيابٍ رَدَّها الرِّيحُ المَرِيسُ

طِيابٍ رَدَّها الرِّيحُ المَرِيسُ

Whenever she lifts from me on a breeze—

When it leaves me with a

a pleasant one—the Marīs wind brings her back.

Good scent, the gentle wind returns it

فَقَدْ مَلَّ الطَّبِيبُ وَمَلَّ أَهْلي

فَقَدْ مَلَّ الطَّبِيبُ وَمَلَّ أَهْلي

وَمَلَّتْنيَ المُضَاجِعَةُ العَروسُ

وَمَلَّتْنيَ المُضَاجِعَةُ العَروسُ

For the physician has grown weary, and so has my family,

So the doctor got bored, and my family got bored

and the bride who shares my bed has tired of me.

And I got bored of lying in bed like a bride

وَقَالتْ راِهباً قد صِرْتَ قُلْ لي

وَقَالتْ راِهباً قد صِرْتَ قُلْ لي

فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ وفي بيْتي حَبِيسُ

فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ وفي بيْتي حَبِيسُ

And she said, 'Tell me, have you become a monk?'

And she said you have become a monk, tell me

So I said, 'Yes, and in my house is a recluse.'

So I said yes, and I am imprisoned in my house