وذي علة أعيا الطبيب علاجها

وذي علة أعيا الطبيب علاجها

ستوردني لا شك منهل مصرعي

ستوردني لا شك منهل مصرعي

And this is an ailment whose cure has baffled the physician;

An ailment has wearied the doctor from curing

It will surely lead me to the watering-place of my death.

It will surely bring me to the spring of my demise

رضيت بأن أضحى قتيل وداده

رضيت بأن أضحى قتيل وداده

كجارع سم في رحيق مشعشع

كجارع سم في رحيق مشعشع

I have consented to become one slain by his love,

I was content to become a martyr of affection

Like one swallowing poison in fine wine mingled with water.

Like one who gulps poison in scintillating nectar

فما لليالي ما أقل حياءها

فما لليالي ما أقل حياءها

وأولعها بالنفس من كل مولع

وأولعها بالنفس من كل مولع

So what ails the nights? How little shame they have!

So why should nights be so shameless

And how much more obsessed with the soul they are than anyone obsessed!

And indulge the soul more than any indulgence

كأن زماني عبشمي يخالني

كأن زماني عبشمي يخالني

أعنت على عثمان أهل الشيع

أعنت على عثمان أهل الشيع

As though my time were a clansman of ʿAbd Shams, imagining

It's as if my time has deluded me

I helped the members of the factions against ʿUthmān.

Into siding with the Shia against Uthman