كبدٌ معذَّبةٌ وقلبٌ خافقٌ

كبدٌ معذَّبةٌ وقلبٌ خافقٌ

وحشاشةٌ نضجَتْ ودمعٌ دافقُ

وحشاشةٌ نضجَتْ ودمعٌ دافقُ

A tormented liver and a throbbing heart,

My liver is tortured, and my heart beats rapidly,

And life's last remnant seared, and streaming tears;

The firewood has ignited, and my tears flow,

وعذولُ سوءٍ زادَ قلبي وجعةً

وعذولُ سوءٍ زادَ قلبي وجعةً

ما ضرَّهُ لو أنهُ بيَ رافقُ

ما ضرَّهُ لو أنهُ بيَ رافقُ

And an ill-natured reproacher has increased my heart's pain—

The reproaches of the wicked increased my heart's agony,

What harm would it do him if he were gentle with me?

If only he accompanied me, he would not be harmed.

يا سيداً فتَنَ الورى بجمالِهِ

يا سيداً فتَنَ الورى بجمالِهِ

نومي لِبُعْدكَ عَنْ جفوني طالقُ

نومي لِبُعْدكَ عَنْ جفوني طالقُ

O master who has bewitched humankind with his beauty,

O master who seduced the world with his beauty,

My sleep, because you are far away, is divorced from my eyelids.

My sleep is prolonged due to your absence from my eyelids.

قسماً بليلةِ وصلِنا بِطُوَيْلِعٍ

قسماً بليلةِ وصلِنا بِطُوَيْلِعٍ

إني إلى لمحاتِ وجهِكَ شائقُ

إني إلى لمحاتِ وجهِكَ شائقُ

I swear by the night of our union at Ṭuwayliʿ:

I swear by the night of our union in Tuwayli',

Indeed, I yearn for glimpses of your face.

I long for the glances of your face.

لو قلتَ للعشاقِ موتوا لوعةً

لو قلتَ للعشاقِ موتوا لوعةً

وصبابةً بانَ المحبُّ الصادقُ

وصبابةً بانَ المحبُّ الصادقُ

If you told the lovers, “Die of burning anguish

If you told the lovers to die of passion,

and ardent longing,” the true lover would be revealed.

The sincere lover would obey and perish.