أَنا الّذي بِالهَوى قاضيهِ أَوصى لي

أَنا الّذي بِالهَوى قاضيهِ أَوصى لي

وَمزّقَ الحبُّ أَعضائي وَأَوصالي

وَمزّقَ الحبُّ أَعضائي وَأَوصالي

I am he—to me the judge of passion gave revelation;

I am the one to whom love's judge bequeathed love.

and love tore apart my limbs and joints.

And love tore apart my limbs and my joints.

يا مَن لِنارِ الجَوى طفّاء أَوصالي

يا مَن لِنارِ الجَوى طفّاء أَوصالي

أَطفي بِوَصلِكَ لَهيبَ المُغرمِ المضنى

أَطفي بِوَصلِكَ لَهيبَ المُغرمِ المضنى

O you! My limbs are quenchers of passion’s fire;

O you who quench the fire of yearning in my limbs,

through union with you, I quench the worn lover’s blaze,

Quench, through union with you, the exhausted lover's blaze.

لَعَلَّ نارَ الجَوى تُطفى بِأَوصالي

لَعَلَّ نارَ الجَوى تُطفى بِأَوصالي

that perhaps passion’s fire may be quenched by my limbs.

Perhaps the fire of yearning will be quenched with my limbs.