النَّوى نارٌ لِقَلبي أَحرَقَت

وَغَرامي قَد نَما في حبِّهِ

Separation is a fire within my heart, burning it;

and my ardor has grown in loving him.

شَققتُ عاذِلَتي فَاِستَشفَعَت

عِندَ حِبِّي في تَنائي صَبِّهِ

I wore my reproacher down, so she went to plead

with my beloved over his distance from his ardent lover.

وَلَهُ قالَت أَزِل نارَ الحَشا

قالَ خِلِّي نارُهُ في قَلبِهِ

She said to him, “Take away the fire within his breast.”

He said, “Leave his fire there, within his heart.”