أؤمل أن أراه لعل جفني

أؤمل أن أراه لعل جفني

يعاوده برؤيته كراه

يعاوده برؤيته كراه

I hope to see him—perhaps my eyelid’s sleep

I hope to see him, perhaps my eyelids

will return to it at the sight of him.

Will recur seeing him unwillingly

ويمنع ناظري نظري إليه

ويمنع ناظري نظري إليه

فعال مواربٍ لي من هواه

فعال مواربٍ لي من هواه

And my eye keeps my gaze from turning toward him,

And my eyes will prevent my sight of him

behaving like one who dissembles with me out of love for him.

Indeed evasive of me from his love