عليلُ صباباتٍ أصبنَ فؤادي

عليلُ صباباتٍ أصبنَ فؤادي

وَصيرنَ أجفاني بغيرِ رقادِ

وَصيرنَ أجفاني بغيرِ رقادِ

I am ailing with longings that have stricken my heart,

I am sick with passionate longings that have struck my heart

and left my eyelids bereft of sleep.

And left my eyelids without sleep.

أقامَ له بينَ الضلوعِ توهج

أقامَ له بينَ الضلوعِ توهج

له أثرٌ باقٍ بجسمي وأنكادِ

له أثرٌ باقٍ بجسمي وأنكادِ

A blaze for it has settled between my ribs;

A blaze has taken hold for it between my ribs,

its mark endures in my body, along with torments.

Leaving a lasting mark in my body, and sorrows.

أيا مقلةً تبكي عليها بدمعِها

أيا مقلةً تبكي عليها بدمعِها

بها ندبٌ من عبرةٍ وسُهادِ

بها ندبٌ من عبرةٍ وسُهادِ

O eye that weeps over those longings with your tears,

O eye that weeps over them with its tears,

within you is a scar born of weeping and sleeplessness.

It bears a scar from tears and sleeplessness.

كأنكِ عاديتِ الفؤادَ وإنما

كأنكِ عاديتِ الفؤادَ وإنما

أصابكِ هذا مذ أصبتِ فؤادي

أصابكِ هذا مذ أصبتِ فؤادي

You seem to have made an enemy of the heart—when in truth

As though you had made an enemy of the heart, when in fact

this befell you only since you wounded my heart.

This has struck you since you struck my heart.