لَقَد أَنحَلَ الهِجرانُ جِسمِيَ في الهَوى

لَقَد أَنحَلَ الهِجرانُ جِسمِيَ في الهَوى

فَعَن أَعيُنِ الرّائينَ في العِشقِ ضِعتُ

فَعَن أَعيُنِ الرّائينَ في العِشقِ ضِعتُ

Separation has indeed wasted my body in love;

The pangs of longing wasted me away,

So, in passionate love, I have vanished from the eyes of onlookers.

And to the eyes of lovers I grew frail.

فَلَو أَنّ برغوثاً وُضِعتُ بِثَغرِهِ

فَلَو أَنّ برغوثاً وُضِعتُ بِثَغرِهِ

لَما ضاقَ عَنّي ثَغره إِذ وُضِعتُ

لَما ضاقَ عَنّي ثَغره إِذ وُضِعتُ

So if I were placed in a flea’s mouth,

If I, like an ant, were brought to his mouth,

Its mouth would not be too narrow for me when I was placed there.

It would not feel cramped, for I am frail.