غَشِيَتْنِي مِنَ الهُمُومِ غَواشِ

غَشِيَتْنِي مِنَ الهُمُومِ غَواشِ

لِعَذُولٍ يَلُومُ فِيكَ ووَاشِ

لِعَذُولٍ يَلُومُ فِيكَ ووَاشِ

Shrouds of sorrow have enveloped me,

The sorrows have overwhelmed me, clouding my mind,

because of a reproacher who blames me for loving you, and a talebearer.

For a critic who blames you while I pine and wish.

لَوْ يُلاَقوا الَّذِي لَقِيتُ مِن الْوَجْ

لَوْ يُلاَقوا الَّذِي لَقِيتُ مِن الْوَجْ

د لِشَوْقٍ بَيْنَ الجَوانِحِ نَاشِ

د لِشَوْقٍ بَيْنَ الجَوانِحِ نَاشِ

If only they felt the anguish of love that I have felt,

If only they felt what I feel of passion's sting

from longing rising within my ribs.

Between ribs that ache from the fires that burn inside.

نَمَّ بِالسِّرِّ عِنْدَهُمْ دَمْعُ عَيْنِي

نَمَّ بِالسِّرِّ عِنْدَهُمْ دَمْعُ عَيْنِي

إِنَّ سِرَّ المُحِبِّ بِالْدَّمْعِ فَاشِي

إِنَّ سِرَّ المُحِبِّ بِالْدَّمْعِ فَاشِي

The tears of my eye betrayed the secret to them;

My tears betray my secret love before them.

indeed, a lover’s secret is revealed through tears.

For a lover's hidden truths are exposed when he cries.

مَنْ عَذِيرِي لظَالِمٍ أَنَا مِنْهُ

مَنْ عَذِيرِي لظَالِمٍ أَنَا مِنْهُ

فِي زَمَانِ الوصَالِ لِلْهَجْرِ خَاشِي

فِي زَمَانِ الوصَالِ لِلْهَجْرِ خَاشِي

Who will take my part against a cruel one, whose

Who can blame me for the unjust one I desire?

abandonment I fear even in the time of union?

I fear the time of union and dread its demise.

أَخَذَ الْقَدَّ مَنْ قَضِيبٍ رَطِيبٍ

أَخَذَ الْقَدَّ مَنْ قَضِيبٍ رَطِيبٍ

وحكى أَعْيُنَ الظِّبَاءِ العِطاشِ

وحكى أَعْيُنَ الظِّبَاءِ العِطاشِ

He took his stature from a supple bough,

He has captured my soul with his sweet glance,

and mirrored the eyes of thirsty gazelles.

And told of eyes thirsty as female mountain goats.