ولمَّا خَلَت عَينايَ مِنه لِبُعدِه

ولمَّا خَلَت عَينايَ مِنه لِبُعدِه

تَمنَّيتُ أنَّ القَلبَ مثلهما يَخلو

تَمنَّيتُ أنَّ القَلبَ مثلهما يَخلو

And when distance left my eyes bereft of him,

When my eyes were deprived of him due to his absence

I wished that my heart, like them, might be empty too.

I wished that my heart, like them, would be empty

فَراوَدتُه في ذاكَ جَهدي فَزادَني

فَراوَدتُه في ذاكَ جَهدي فَزادَني

غَراماً كأني كُنتُ أنهاهُ أن يَسلو

غَراماً كأني كُنتُ أنهاهُ أن يَسلو

I coaxed it toward that with all my might, but it only increased my

So I struggled with that, but it only increased

passion—as though I had forbidden it to forget.

My love, as if I was trying to dissuade it from flowing