يا عاذلي سلا عن المُضنى سلا

يا عاذلي سلا عن المُضنى سلا

إن تحسباه عن الأحبة قد سلا

إن تحسباه عن الأحبة قد سلا

O my two reproachers, ask about the love-worn one—ask,

O you who reproach me, ask about my torment, ask,

If you think he has already forgotten his loved ones.

If you think it has ceased for my loved ones, ask.

ودعا ملامة مُغرم أجفانه

ودعا ملامة مُغرم أجفانه

قد أوضحت من حاله ما أشكلا

قد أوضحت من حاله ما أشكلا

And cease reproaching a lover whose eyelids

And blame not a lover whose eyelids have pleaded

Have made plain what was obscure in his condition.

For his state has made clear what was once unclear.

لَبس الخلاعة عندما خلع الحيا

لَبس الخلاعة عندما خلع الحيا

ورأى التهتّك في هواه تجمُّلا

ورأى التهتّك في هواه تجمُّلا

He donned wantonness when he cast off modesty,

He discarded his mantle when passion disrobed,

And deemed shamelessness in his passion an adornment.

And saw violation in this love he extolled.

يا من أباح دمي بقطع وصاله

يا من أباح دمي بقطع وصاله

وبهجره عقد اصطباري حلّلا

وبهجره عقد اصطباري حلّلا

O you who made my blood lawful by severing your bond,

O you who made lawful my blood with your leaving,

And by your desertion untied the knot of my endurance,

And with your desertion my patience annulled.

رِفقاً فطرفي من لهيب حُشاتي

رِفقاً فطرفي من لهيب حُشاتي

لما تجنّن بالدموع تسلسلا

لما تجنّن بالدموع تسلسلا

Be gentle, for my eye, from the blaze within my breast,

Gently, for my eyes from the embers of yearning

When it went mad, was fettered with tears.

Have maddened with tears that incessantly streamed.

فالدمع مُنحدر وصبري مُقلع

فالدمع مُنحدر وصبري مُقلع

والقل في حُلل الغرام توحّلا

والقل في حُلل الغرام توحّلا

For tears stream down, while my patience is gone,

My tears flow in torrents, my patience is barren,

And the heart [uncertain reading], in love’s robes, has sunk into mire.

And my heart in the garb of passion is creamed.