بَاحَ بِما قَدْ كَتَما

لَمَّا جَرى الدَّمْعُ دَمَا

He confessed what he had concealed

When tears flowed like blood

رَمَاهُ رِيمٌ فَأَصَا

بَ القَلْبَ مِنْهُ إِذْ رَمَى

He was shot by an archer and wounded

In the heart when the arrow struck

وَاحْتَجَّ في قَتْلَتِهِ

بِأَنَّهُ مَا عَلِمَا

And he pleaded for his murder

That he did not know

يا مَعْشَرَ النَّاسِ أَمَا

يُنْصِفُني مَنْ ظَلَمَا

O people, is there no one

Who will do me justice against my oppressor?

عَلَّمَ سُقْمُ طَرْفِهِ

جِسْمِيَ مِنْهُ سَقَمَا

The sickness of his glance

Infected my body with illness

فَسُقْمُ جِسْمِي في الهَوى

مِنْ طَرْفِهِ تَعَلَّمَا

So the sickness of my body in love

Was taught by his glance

لَوْ قِيلَ لِي ما تَشْتَهِي

مُخَيَّراً مُحَكَّما

If I were told, "What do you desire

Given full choice and authority?"

لَقُلْتُ أَنْ أَلْثِمَهُ

نَحْراً وَخَدّاً وَفَمَا

I would say, "To kiss him

On the throat, cheek, and mouth."

قَالوا لَهُ بِأَنَّهُ

فِي هَجْرِهِ قَدْ أَثِمَا

They said to him, "You have sinned

In your estrangement and remoteness."

حَلَّلَ في هِجْرانِهِ

لِي في الهَوى ما حُرِّمَا

He made lawful in his estrangement

What is forbidden in love

كَمْ عَاشِقٍ قَابَلَهُ

يَبْكِي عَلَيْهِ نَدَمَا

How many lovers has he encountered

Who weep in regret over him?