إغتال قلبي يا له من جائر

إغتال قلبي يا له من جائر

وأراني دمه في ناظري

وأراني دمه في ناظري

He murdered my heart—what a tyrant!

My heart was murdered, O what an oppressor!

And showed me its blood in my eye.

And he showed me its blood in my eyes.

وعجيب كل ذا من هاجري

وعجيب كل ذا من هاجري

وإذا مثّلته في خاطري

وإذا مثّلته في خاطري

How strange, all this from the one who forsakes me!

Strange is all that from my companion,

And whenever I picture him in my thoughts,

And if I imagine him in my mind,

صفّق القلب إليه وهفا

صفّق القلب إليه وهفا

أخبروا من صدّ عنّي وغوى

أخبروا من صدّ عنّي وغوى

My heart claps for him and yearns.

The heart applauds him and inclines towards him.

Tell the one who turned away from me and strayed:

Tell the one who turned away from me and went astray,

لست اسلوه وإن طال النوى

لست اسلوه وإن طال النوى

رغم ما قاسيت من جور الجوى

رغم ما قاسيت من جور الجوى

I do not forget him, though separation lasts long,

I will not reproach him, even if the separation is prolonged,

Despite what I have suffered from love's cruel anguish.

Despite the injustice of separation I endured,

أنا سهران على عهد الهوى

أنا سهران على عهد الهوى

لم أنم وهو بعهدي ما وفا

لم أنم وهو بعهدي ما وفا

I lie awake, faithful to love's covenant;

I am awake, faithful to the pact of love,

I have not slept, yet he has not kept his pledge to me.

I did not sleep while he did not keep his promise to me.

لست بالسالي ولا بالصابر

لست بالسالي ولا بالصابر

فحبيبي لم يزل في خاطري

فحبيبي لم يزل في خاطري

I am neither one who forgets nor one who patiently endures;

I am neither indifferent nor patient,

For my beloved is still in my thoughts.

For my beloved is still in my thoughts,

آه ما قولكم بالنافر

آه ما قولكم بالنافر

أنا لو ناديته يا هاجري

أنا لو ناديته يا هاجري

Ah, what do you say of the one who shuns me?

Oh, what do you say to the aloof one?

Were I to call to him, “O you who forsake me,

If I called him saying: My companion!

هذه روحي فخذها ما احتفى

هذه روحي فخذها ما احتفى

من لصبّ بات منهوك القوى

من لصبّ بات منهوك القوى

Here is my soul—take it,” he would pay no heed.

He whose love keeps me weak and feeble,

Who will aid a lovesick man who has spent the night drained of strength?

His affliction grew hard and separation weakened me,

داؤه استعصى وأضناه الجوى

داؤه استعصى وأضناه الجوى

هكذا يعمل بالصبّ النوى

هكذا يعمل بالصبّ النوى

His illness defies cure, and love's anguish has worn him down.

This is how separation eats away at the sincere lover,

Thus does separation work upon the lovesick.

So describe to me, my friend, the remedy,

فصفا لي يا خليليّ الدوا

فصفا لي يا خليليّ الدوا

وأرى الحيلة أن لا تصفا

وأرى الحيلة أن لا تصفا

So prescribe me a remedy, O my two friends,

And I see no solution but to stop describing him.

Yet I think the solution is for you not to prescribe.

In the name of the rights of love, he knows he did wrong,

بحقوق الحبّ يدري مجحف

بحقوق الحبّ يدري مجحف

وبتعذيبي حبيبي مسرف

وبتعذيبي حبيبي مسرف

The unjust one knows the rights of love,

And by tormenting me, my beloved went too far,

And my beloved goes to excess in tormenting me.

I have not stopped, while passion is destroying my soul,

لم أزل والوجد روحي متلف

لم أزل والوجد روحي متلف

مستهام في هواه مدنف

مستهام في هواه مدنف

I remain, while longing destroys my soul,

Infatuated by his love, utterly devastated,

Distraught with love for him and wasting away;

Should I be content, infatuated and devastated?

أترضّى مستهاما مدنفا

أترضّى مستهاما مدنفا

هل يقاسي ما أقاسي أحد

هل يقاسي ما أقاسي أحد

I seek to appease him, lovesick and wasting away.

Does anyone suffer what I suffer?

Does anyone suffer what I suffer?

Perhaps tomorrow hopes will revive,

فعسى الآمال يحييها غد

فعسى الآمال يحييها غد

ويفي بالوعد ظبي مفرد

ويفي بالوعد ظبي مفرد

So perhaps tomorrow will revive my hopes,

And the lone gazelle will fulfill his promise,

And a lone gazelle will keep his promise.

He truly promised me a secret meeting.

صح لي في السر منه موعد

صح لي في السر منه موعد

ثمّ ما صدّقت حتى أخلفا

ثمّ ما صدّقت حتى أخلفا

A tryst with him was assured to me in secret,

But I did not believe him until he broke his word.

Then no sooner had I believed it than he broke his word.