أَكذِبُ طَريفي فيكَ وَالطَرفُ صادِقُ

أَكذِبُ طَريفي فيكَ وَالطَرفُ صادِقُ

وَما بَعدَ مَشهودٍ مِنَ العَينِ مُقنِعُ

وَما بَعدَ مَشهودٍ مِنَ العَينِ مُقنِعُ

I disbelieve my gaze concerning you, though the gaze is true.

My charming one lies about me, though her glance speaks truth,

And nothing beyond what the eye has witnessed is convincing.

And nothing seen after a witness needs convincing.

وَأَوهَمَ أَنّي بِالرِضا قَد ذَكَرَتني

وَأَوهَمَ أَنّي بِالرِضا قَد ذَكَرَتني

وَاِسمَع أُذُني مِنكَ ما لَيسَ يَسمَعُ

وَاِسمَع أُذُني مِنكَ ما لَيسَ يَسمَعُ

And I delude myself that you have mentioned me with approval,

She made me think she recalled me with pleasure,

And make my ear hear from you what it does not hear.

And my ear heard from her what it does not hear.

وَلَم أَسكُنِ الأَرضَ الَّتي تَسكُنيها

وَلَم أَسكُنِ الأَرضَ الَّتي تَسكُنيها

وَما ذاكَ أُذُني مِن شَيءٍ لَهُ كُنتُ أَفزَعُ

وَما ذاكَ أُذُني مِن شَيءٍ لَهُ كُنتُ أَفزَعُ

And I have not dwelt in the land where you dwell,

I did not live in the land she lived in,

And that was not because of anything I feared [the wording 'my ear' is unclear here].

And that was not for my ear from something it was accustomed to taking fright.

وَلَكِنَّهُ مِن فَرطِ وَجدٍ مُبرِحٍ

وَلَكِنَّهُ مِن فَرطِ وَجدٍ مُبرِحٍ

لِكَيلاً يَقولوا صابِر لَيسَ يَجزَعُ

لِكَيلاً يَقولوا صابِر لَيسَ يَجزَعُ

But from an excess of agonizing longing,

But it was from an overflowing joy beyond restraint,

Lest they say, 'He is patient; he does not grieve.'

Lest they say: one patient is not panic-stricken.

فَلا كَبِدي تُبلى وَلا لَكَ رَحمَةً

فَلا كَبِدي تُبلى وَلا لَكَ رَحمَةً

وَلا عاذِلي يَوماً عَنِ اللَومِ يَرجِعُ

وَلا عاذِلي يَوماً عَنِ اللَومِ يَرجِعُ

So my liver does not waste away, nor do you have mercy,

So my liver is not worn out, and you have no pity,

Nor does my reproacher ever cease his reproach.

Nor does my blamer, for blame, ever turn back.

وَلا مُهجَتي تَسلو فَتَسكُنُ لَوعَتي

وَلا مُهجَتي تَسلو فَتَسكُنُ لَوعَتي

وَلا عَنكَ أَقصارَ وَلا فيكَ مَطمَعُ

وَلا عَنكَ أَقصارَ وَلا فيكَ مَطمَعُ

Nor does my soul find solace, so that my anguish might subside,

Nor is my mind consoled, so my affliction calms down,

Nor can I give you up, nor is there any hope in you.

Nor have I hopes in you cut short, or in you any longer a longing.

لَقيتُ أُموراً فيكَ لَم أَلقَ مِثلَها

لَقيتُ أُموراً فيكَ لَم أَلقَ مِثلَها

وَمٍن سوءِ حَظّي أَنَّها لَيسَ تَدفَعُ

وَمٍن سوءِ حَظّي أَنَّها لَيسَ تَدفَعُ

I have faced things because of you whose like I have never faced,

I have met with things from you I never met the like of,

And, to my ill fortune, they cannot be warded off.

And, from my evil luck, they cannot be avoided.

تَقضي بِها صَبري وَضاقَت مَذاهِبي

تَقضي بِها صَبري وَضاقَت مَذاهِبي

وَاِعظِم مِنها فيكَ ما أَتَوَقَّعُ

وَاِعظِم مِنها فيكَ ما أَتَوَقَّعُ

Through them my patience is exhausted, and my paths have narrowed,

They use up my patience, and my stratagems are straitened;

And graver than these is what I expect from you.

And greater than them in you is what I fear.

فَلا تَسأَليني في هَواكَ زَيادَةً

فَلا تَسأَليني في هَواكَ زَيادَةً

فَلَم يَبقَ في قَلبي لَها بَعدَ مَوضِعُ

فَلَم يَبقَ في قَلبي لَها بَعدَ مَوضِعُ

So do not ask me for any increase in my love for you,

So do not ask me for more love for you,

For there is no longer any room for it in my heart.

For in my heart is no more room for it after this.

وَلَو فَرَّقتَ أَجزاءَ حُبّي عَلى الوَرى

وَلَو فَرَّقتَ أَجزاءَ حُبّي عَلى الوَرى

فَأَيسِرهُ يَجزي وَأَدناهُ مَقنَعُ

فَأَيسِرهُ يَجزي وَأَدناهُ مَقنَعُ

And if you divided the portions of my love among humankind,

And if you divided up my love all over the world,

Then its smallest share would suffice, and its least would be enough.

The least bit of it would suffice, and the smallest particle would be enough.