إِذا أَحبَبتُ لَم أَسلُ

إِذا أَحبَبتُ لَم أَسلُ

وَإِن واصَلتُ لَم أَقطَع

وَإِن واصَلتُ لَم أَقطَع

When I love, I do not forget.

If I loved, I did not ask

And if I maintain a bond, I do not sever it.

And if I associated, I did not sever

وَإِن عَنَّفَني النَّاسُ

وَإِن عَنَّفَني النَّاسُ

تَصامَمتُ وَلَم أَسمَع

تَصامَمتُ وَلَم أَسمَع

And if people rebuke me,

And if people rebuked me

I feign deafness and do not hear.

I persevered and did not listen

وَقَد جَرَّبتُ ما ضَرَّ

وَقَد جَرَّبتُ ما ضَرَّ

وَقَد جَرَّبتُ ما يَنفَع

وَقَد جَرَّبتُ ما يَنفَع

And I have tried what harms,

I have experienced what harms

and I have tried what benefits.

And I have experienced what benefits

فَلا مِثلُ الهَوى أَن

فَلا مِثلُ الهَوى أَن

هَكُ لِلجِسمِ وَلا أَضرَع

هَكُ لِلجِسمِ وَلا أَضرَع

Nothing is like passion for

Nothing equals passion

wearing down the body or enfeebling it.

It melts the body and does not relent

وَلا كَالهَجرِ لا أَوحى

وَلا كَالهَجرِ لا أَوحى

إِلى المَوتِ وَلا أَشرَع

إِلى المَوتِ وَلا أَشرَع

And nothing is like estrangement—nothing swifter

Nor does estrangement, it does not inspire

toward death, nor quicker.

Towards death, nor make me rush

وَقَد أَوجَعَني العَذلُ

وَقَد أَوجَعَني العَذلُ

وَلكِنَّ الهَوى أَوجَع

وَلكِنَّ الهَوى أَوجَع

And reproach has pained me,

Reproach has pained me

but passion is more painful.

But passion is more painful

وَكانَت قُوَّتي في الحُب

وَكانَت قُوَّتي في الحُب

بِ قَبل الفِعلِ فَاِستَجمَع

بِ قَبل الفِعلِ فَاِستَجمَع

And my strength in love was

And my strength in love

before the deed; then it rallied.

Was in intention, so I summoned it

فَلَمَّا رُمتُ أَن أَسلُ

فَلَمَّا رُمتُ أَن أَسلُ

وَ عَن حُبّيكَ صارَت مَع

وَ عَن حُبّيكَ صارَت مَع

Then, when I sought to forget

But when I wanted to ask

your two loves, it became with ... [text unclear].

And from your love they turned away

وَهذا عدمُ العَقلِ

وَهذا عدمُ العَقلِ

فَما أَسطيع أَن أَصنَع

فَما أَسطيع أَن أَصنَع

And this is a lack of reason;

That is lack of reason

so what can I do?

So I cannot do anything

فَلا وَاللَّهِ ما عِندي

فَلا وَاللَّهِ ما عِندي

لما قَد حَلَّ بي مَدفَع

لما قَد حَلَّ بي مَدفَع

So no, by God, I have no

No, by God, I have not

defense against what has befallen me.

A defender against what has befallen me

وَلا لي عِندَكُم مغدى

وَلا لي عِندَكُم مغدى

وَلا لي دونَكُم مَرجِع

وَلا لي دونَكُم مَرجِع

Nor have I a place to go at dawn with you,

Nor with you do I have refuge

nor a place to return apart from you.

Nor without you, a place to return

وَلا فِيَّ لِهجرانِ

وَلا فِيَّ لِهجرانِ

كِ لَولا ظُلمُكُم مَوضِع

كِ لَولا ظُلمُكُم مَوضِع

Nor is there room within me for

Nor in me estranging you

forsaking you, were it not for your injustice.

If not for your injustice, a position

وَهَل لي ناصِرٌ مِنكِ

وَهَل لي ناصِرٌ مِنكِ

إِذا جَدَّ بِيَ المَفزَع

إِذا جَدَّ بِيَ المَفزَع

And have I any defender against you,

Is there for me a supporter from you

when terror presses hard upon me?

When calamity descends?

أَلا لي جَسَدٌ يَبلى

أَلا لي جَسَدٌ يَبلى

وَلا لي مُقلَةٌ تَدمَع

وَلا لي مُقلَةٌ تَدمَع

Have I no body that wastes away,

Alas, I have a body that decays

and no eye that weeps?

And no eyelids that weep