عكفت على شرب الدخان وفي الحشا

عكفت على شرب الدخان وفي الحشا

لهيب جوى فازددت جمرا على جمر

لهيب جوى فازددت جمرا على جمر

I took to smoking, while within my breast

I inclined towards smoking tobacco in solitude

Burned a flame of longing; so I gained embers upon embers.

The embers of my inner fire grew more intense

فقلت اداوي نار قلبي بمثلها

فقلت اداوي نار قلبي بمثلها

كما يتداوى شارب الخمر بالخمر

كما يتداوى شارب الخمر بالخمر

So I said, “I shall treat my heart’s fire with its like,”

So I said I will cure the flames within my heart

As the wine-drinker treats himself with wine.

As the drunkard cures himself with more wine