أبوها طبيب جاءَ يفحص علتي

وأهلي حولي بين همٍّ وايجاسِ

Her father, a doctor, came to examine my ailment

And my family around me, between anxiety and despair

يجس عروقي لا يرى الداء طيها

ويبحث في رأسي وما الداء في راسي

He feels my pulse, he does not see the sickness flowing in it

And searches in my head, but the sickness is not in my head

ولما انتحى صدري لمسمعه ولم

يحس بقلبي خافقاً بين أنفاسي

And when he put his stethoscope to my chest and did not

Hear my heart pounding between my breaths

خلا بشقيقي عابسَ الوجه يائساً

كناعٍ أتى ينعي كليباً لجساسِ

He was left with my brother, sullen-faced and hopeless

Like someone who came to announce a calamity to Ghassas

وقال له هذا فتىً غاب قلبه

وحالته تدعو الطبيب إلى الياسِ

And he said to him, this is a young man whose heart is gone

And his condition calls the doctor to despair

وعاد يسليني وقد قال مازحاً

أتعرف من ذا لص قلبك في الناسِ

And he returned to console me, and jokingly said

Do you know who, among the people, stole your heart?

وأعرض عني غاضباً إذ أجبتهُ

لقد سرقت قلبي ثرياك يا آسي

And I turned away from him angrily when I answered him

Surely you stole my heart, oh Asy