يا مُؤْذِياً بالنّارِ جِسْمَ مُحِبِّهِ

يا مُؤْذِياً بالنّارِ جِسْمَ مُحِبِّهِ

نارُ الْجَوى أَحْرى بِأَنْ تُؤْذِيهِ

نارُ الْجَوى أَحْرى بِأَنْ تُؤْذِيهِ

O you who torment your lover’s body with fire,

O you who torment the body of your lover with fire

The fire of love’s anguish is likelier to torment him.

The fire of passion is more deserving to torment it

وَلِحَرِّها بَرْدٌ عَلَى كَبِدِي إِذا

وَلِحَرِّها بَرْدٌ عَلَى كَبِدِي إِذا

أَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّ تَحَرُّقِي يُرْضِيهِ

أَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّ تَحَرُّقِي يُرْضِيهِ

And its heat brings coolness to my liver, when

And for its heat there is coolness upon my liver when

I am certain that my burning pleases him.

I am certain that your burning me pleases him

عَذِّبْ بِها جَسَدِي فَداكَ مُعَذَّباً

عَذِّبْ بِها جَسَدِي فَداكَ مُعَذَّباً

وَاحْذَرْ عَلَى قَلْبِي فَإِنَّكَ فِيهِ

وَاحْذَرْ عَلَى قَلْبِي فَإِنَّكَ فِيهِ

Torment my body with it—may it, tormented, be your ransom—

Torture my body with it, I ransom you, tortured

And be careful with my heart, for you are within it.

And beware against my heart for you are in it