لا اشتكي الحب تصميني مصائبه

لا اشتكي الحب تصميني مصائبه

ولي عن اللوم فيه إذن أطروش

ولي عن اللوم فيه إذن أطروش

I do not complain of love, though its afflictions deafen me;

I do not complain of love, though its calamities strike me down.

and against reproach for it, I have an utterly deaf ear.

And for reproach over it, I have a deaf man's ear.

فلست أول من القاه ناظره

فلست أول من القاه ناظره

في صبوة شوشته أي تشويش

في صبوة شوشته أي تشويش

For I am not the first whom his own gaze has cast

For I am not the first whose own eye has cast him

into a passion that utterly bewildered him—what bewilderment!

Into a passion that threw him into utter confusion.

كالنسر أراده سهم فاستعد له

كالنسر أراده سهم فاستعد له

عذراً وقال رمى قلبي به ريشي

عذراً وقال رمى قلبي به ريشي

Like the eagle an arrow had marked, he prepared for it

Like the eagle: an arrow targeted him, so he prepared for it

an excuse, and said, “My own feather shot my heart with it.”

An excuse, and said, "My own feathers shot my heart with it."