الطرفُ يَبكي رَحمةً للبدَن

الطرفُ يَبكي رَحمةً للبدَن

والقلبُ مما بهما ذو شَجن

والقلبُ مما بهما ذو شَجن

The eye weeps in pity for the body,

The eye weeps in compassion for the body.

and the heart, for what afflicts them both, is laden with sorrow.

And the heart is full of sorrow at what afflicts them both.

بعضٌ دَهى بَعضاً فكلّ جنى

بعضٌ دَهى بَعضاً فكلّ جنى

فذا وهذاك وَذا مُرتَهن

فذا وهذاك وَذا مُرتَهن

One has afflicted another, and so each has transgressed;

One has harmed another, so each has done wrong.

thus this one, that one, and this one stand in bondage.

So this one, that one, and this one are held in pledge.

يا مَن هُو الحُسن ومن طَرفه

يا مَن هُو الحُسن ومن طَرفه

اللحظُ فلا يقسمُ إلا الفتن

اللحظُ فلا يقسمُ إلا الفتن

O you who are beauty itself, and from whose eye

O you who are beauty itself, and from whose eye

comes a glance that apportions nothing but trials—

Comes the glance, dispensing nothing but temptations.

زدني هَوى وازداد به جفوةً

زدني هَوى وازداد به جفوةً

إذ كان ما تأتي إليه حسَن

إذ كان ما تأتي إليه حسَن

deepen my passion, and through it grow still more aloof,

Increase my love, and with it grow colder,

for whatever you do is beautiful.

Since whatever you do is beautiful.