أَحسَبُ النَّومَ حَكاكا

أَحسَبُ النَّومَ حَكاكا

إِذ رَأى مِثل جَفاكا

إِذ رَأى مِثل جَفاكا

I think sleep has imitated you,

I think sleep has imitated you,

seeing coldness like your own.

since it saw the like of your coldness.

مِنّيَ الصَّبرُ وَمِنكَ ال

مِنّيَ الصَّبرُ وَمِنكَ ال

هَجرُ فَابلغ بي مَداكا

هَجرُ فَابلغ بي مَداكا

From me comes patience; from you comes—

Patience is mine, and from you comes

estrangement. Take me as far as you can.

estrangement—so go as far with me as you can.

بَعُدت هِمّةُ عَين

بَعُدت هِمّةُ عَين

طَمِعت في أَن تَراكا

طَمِعت في أَن تَراكا

Too lofty was the ambition of an eye

Far-reaching is the ambition of an eye

that dared to hope it might see you.

that hoped to see you.

أَوَ ما حَظٌّ لِعَيني

أَوَ ما حَظٌّ لِعَيني

أَن تَرى مَن قَد رَآكا

أَن تَرى مَن قَد رَآكا

Is it not fortune enough for my eye

And is it not good fortune for my eye

to see someone who has seen you?

to see someone who has seen you?

لَيتَ حَظّي مِنكَ أَن

لَيتَ حَظّي مِنكَ أَن

تَعلَم ما بي مِن هَواكا

تَعلَم ما بي مِن هَواكا

If only my share of you were this—

If only my share from you were that

that you knew the love of you within me.

you knew what I suffer from loving you.