فَلا تَطلُبوا غَيرَ الحَبيبِ بِقتلَتي

فَلا تَطلُبوا غَيرَ الحَبيبِ بِقتلَتي

فَمِن جَفنِهِ سَهماً رَماني مِنَ الهدبِ

فَمِن جَفنِهِ سَهماً رَماني مِنَ الهدبِ

So seek none but the beloved to answer for my slaying;

Do not seek my murderer but the beloved

For from his eyelid he shot at me an arrow from his lashes.

For from his eyelids flew an arrow that struck my heart

رَأَيت بِعَيني وَقعَهُ في الحَشا كَما

رَأَيت بِعَيني وَقعَهُ في الحَشا كَما

سَمِعت بِأُذني رَنَّة السَّهم في قَلبي

سَمِعت بِأُذني رَنَّة السَّهم في قَلبي

I saw with my own eye its impact in my breast, just as

I saw with my eyes its falling in my breast

I heard with my own ear the arrow’s ringing in my heart.

As I heard with my ears the arrow's ring in my heart