كفاكَ إن قال أنهُ دنفُ

كفاكَ إن قال أنهُ دنفُ

به من الوجدِ فوقَ ما تصِفُ

به من الوجدِ فوقَ ما تصِفُ

It should suffice you if he says he is lovesick;

Enough, if he says he is close

the passion within him exceeds what you describe.

With passion greater than you can describe

باللَهِ فاردد فؤادَ مكتئبٍ

باللَهِ فاردد فؤادَ مكتئبٍ

ليسَ له من فؤادهِ خَلفُ

ليسَ له من فؤادهِ خَلفُ

By God, give back a sorrowful man's heart,

For God's sake, bring back the heart of a depressed one

for he has no replacement for his heart—

He has no relief for his heart

من ليلهُ ساهرٌ ومقلتُهُ

من ليلهُ ساهرٌ ومقلتُهُ

عبرى عليهِ دموعُها تكفُ

عبرى عليهِ دموعُها تكفُ

one whose night is sleepless, and whose eye

His nights are sleepless, his eyelids

is tearful, its tears dripping upon him.

His tears flowing over them

لم يدعِ الشوقُ من تحمله

لم يدعِ الشوقُ من تحمله

إلا كما كان يتركُ الأسفُ

إلا كما كان يتركُ الأسفُ

Longing has left whoever endured it

Longing has left those who carry it

only as sorrow used to leave him.

Just as sorrow would slip away