كُلّ يَومٍ يَروعُني مِنكَ عَتب

أَيّ ذَنبٍ جَناهُ فيكَ المُحبُّ

Every day I am admonished by your reproach,

What sin did the lover commit against you?

إِن تَكُن أَحدَثت وشاتي حَديث

بِسلوّي هَواك حَشاي كذبُ

If I talked foolishly, my folly was

To soothe your love, though my words were lies,

وَضُلوعي لَها هَواك ضُلوعا

بَل وَقَلبي لَها المَحبّة قَلبُ

And my ribs - for them your love is ribs,

Nay, for them love itself is a heart.

مُتّ مِن جَورِ سادَة قَد أَحَلّوا

قَتلَ مَن لا لهُ سِوى العشقِ ذَنبُ

I died at the injustice of tyrants who made

Love itself a crime for the hapless lover.

صارَ لي في هَواهُ رُتبة ما

حازَها في هَواهم قَطُّ صَبُّ

For you I gained a status never gained

By any mad lover in his loving.

عَبراتٌ تَهمي وَجِسمٌ نَحيلٌ

وَفُؤادٌ عَلى التَّقاطعِ يَصبو

Tears flow in me, my body grows frail,

My heart falters in its pulsation.

وَضُلوعٌ مِنَ الجَوى واهِيات

وَدُموعٌ بِذائِبِ القَلبِ سكبُ

My ribs are weakened by passion’s heat,

My tears pour from my heart in streams.

يا سَميري وَلَم أَقُل يا سَميري

قَط إِلّا أَجابَ عِشق وَحُبُّ

O Samir, I never called "O Samir,"

But love and passion answered my call.

هَل لِداء الهَوى سَمعت دَواء

هَل لِمَيت الغَرام في الحُبّ طبُّ

Have you heard of a cure for love's hurt?

Is there a doctor for love's affliction?

بَينَ جِسمي وَالسَّقم سلم وَبَينَ ال

جفنِ وَالنَّوم عِندَما صَدّ حَربُ

Between my body and sickness - a truce,

Between my eyes and sleep - when war flares.

مَن مُجيري مِن ظالِم وَلي القَل

ب لَهُ اليَوم فيهِ قَتلٌ وَنَهبُ

Who will protect me from the unjust lord

Whose heart today kills and despoils?

جاءَ لِلنّاسِ فتنة بِخدودٍ

نارها في قُلوبنا لَيسَ تَخبوا

Seductive cheeks brought people tribulation,

Their fire in our hearts cannot be quenched.

إِنَّ عَيني لِشمس وَجهِكَ شَرق

ما لِدَمعي سِوى الجفن غَربُ

My eyes are an east for your sunlike face,

My tear has no west but the eyelid's rim.