أَمِن تَجَنّي حَبيبٍ راحَ غَضبانا

أَمِن تَجَنّي حَبيبٍ راحَ غَضبانا

أَصبَحتَ في سَكَراتِ المَوتِ سَكرانا

أَصبَحتَ في سَكَراتِ المَوتِ سَكرانا

Is it because of the unjust reproach of a beloved who left in anger

Is it from the severing of an angry beloved

that you have become drunk amid the agonies of death?

That you have become intoxicated in the ecstasies of death?

لا تَعرِفُ النَومَ مِن شَوقٍ إِلى شَجَنٍ

لا تَعرِفُ النَومَ مِن شَوقٍ إِلى شَجَنٍ

كَأَنَّما لا تَرى لِلناسِ أَشجانا

كَأَنَّما لا تَرى لِلناسِ أَشجانا

You know no sleep, passing from longing to sorrow,

You know no sleep from yearning after passion -

as though you see no sorrows in others.

It is as if you see no one has sorrows but you.

أَوَدُّ مَن لَم يَنَلني مِن مَوَدَّتِهِ

أَوَدُّ مَن لَم يَنَلني مِن مَوَدَّتِهِ

إِلا سَلاماً يَرِدُّ القَلبَ حَيرانا

إِلا سَلاماً يَرِدُّ القَلبَ حَيرانا

I love one whose affection has brought me nothing

I love him who has not granted me of his affection

but a greeting that leaves the heart bewildered.

Save a greeting that leaves my heart distraught.