زُرِعَ السّهاد بِمُقلَتي في حبِّهِ

زُرِعَ السّهاد بِمُقلَتي في حبِّهِ

فَرَعَتهُ عَيني وَاِرتَضت بِفَنائِها

فَرَعَتهُ عَيني وَاِرتَضت بِفَنائِها

Sleeplessness was sown in my eye through love for him.

With my eyelashes his meadow was sown

So my eye tended it and consented to its own destruction.

My eyes grazed it, and were content to fade for it

وَلِأَجلِ أَن يَبقى عُيوني قَد غَدَت

وَلِأَجلِ أَن يَبقى عُيوني قَد غَدَت

تَبكي وَتَسقيهِ الزّمانَ بِمائِها

تَبكي وَتَسقيهِ الزّمانَ بِمائِها

And so that it may endure, my eyes have begun

And so that my eyes might endure, they began

to weep and water it throughout time with their tears.

To weep, and water it through time with their tears