أتدري يا شقيق الروح تدري

بما كابدت من وجلي وصبري

Do you know, O soulmate, do you know

Of the anxieties and patience I have endured

هموماً أشغلت بالوجد بالي

وناراً أشعلت بالشوق صدري

Worries that have preoccupied my ardent heart

And a fire that has ignited longing in my chest

ولو أني أذنت لدمع عيني

لأطفأها وخفف بعض ضري

If I had allowed a tear from my eye

It would have extinguished it and eased some of my pain

ولكني رأيت الدمع بحراً

يغرّق منزلي ويذيع سري

But I saw the tear as an ocean

That would flood my home and divulge my secret

ويفصل بين محبوبي وبيني

إذا وافى ليجبر بعض كسري

And separate me from my beloved

If he came to mend some of my breakage

فقلت لها احبسي العبرات حتى

أشاهد فاتني ليلاً بقصري

So I said to it, withhold your tears until

I see my beauty in my palace at night

ولما خاب ظني قلت هذا ال

دجى ولى ولاح الفجر فاجري

And when my hopes were dashed I said this is not

The darkness of night, but the dawn has shone, so flow