لَوْلاَ تَجَنِّيكَ يَا شَمْسِي وَيَا قَمَرِي

بَلْ يَا حَيَاتِي وَيَا سَمْعِي وَيَا بَصَرِي

Had you not been unfaithful, O my sun and moon

Had it not been for your cruelty, O my sun and my moon,

Rather, O my life and hearing and sight

Nay, O my life, my hearing, and my sight,

مَا قُلْتُ مِنْ ضَجَرٍ مَا قَالَ ذُو خَوَرِ

مَنْ مُنْصِفِي مِنْ سَقِيمِ الطَّرْفِ ذِي حَوَرِ

I would not have complained, nor would the dejected one say anything

I would not have uttered in distress what the faint-hearted say:

Who will do me justice against the squint-eyed one with languishing eyes?

"Who will grant me justice against the one with languid, striking eyes?"

رَكِبْتُ بَحْرَ الْهَوَى فِيهِ عَلَى غَرَرِ

وَأَنْفُسُ الْعَاشِقِينَ أَنْفُساً حُرِمَتْ

I rode the sea of passion recklessly

I have sailed the sea of passion for his sake, at my own peril,

And the souls of lovers are souls that have been deprived

And the souls of lovers are souls that have been denied;

لَوْ أَنَّهَا أُحْرِقَتْ بِالنَّارِ مَا رُحِمَتْ

مِنْ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ سَقَاهَا الصَّبْرُ فَاخْتُرِمَتْ

If only they were burnt with fire, they would not be pitied

Even if they were consumed by fire, they would find no mercy.

From every soul that patience has quenched and extinguished

From every soul made to drink of patience, only to perish.

ظَبْيٌ لَهُ صُورَةٌُ فِي الْحُسْنِ قَدْ قُسِمَتْ

بَيْنَ الْكَثِيبِ وَبَيْنَ الْغُصْنِ وَالزَّهَرِ

A gazelle that is endowed with beauty that has been divided

A gazelle possessing a form whose beauty is shared

Between the sand dune, the branch, and the flower

Between the sand dune, the swaying branch, and the flower.

مَنْ يَرْجُ عَطْفَتَهُ ازْدَرَى بِه وَلَهَا

وَقَدَّهُ بِلِحَاظٍ مَا لَهُ وَلَهَا

Whoever hopes for his affection has scorned it and for her

Whoever hopes for his affection, he scorns him and turns away,

He has armed himself with a glance that is not for him or her

Piercing him with glances against which he has no defense,

أَغْرَتْ بِهِ دَنِفاً أَغْرَى بِه الْوَلَهَا

آلَتْ لَوَاحِظُهُ أَنْ لاَ يَعِيشَ لَهَا

With it she has seduced someone overtly, with it she has seduced one infatuated

Inflicting upon him a wasting illness that incites absolute madness.

His glances have resulted that he will not live for her

His glances have sworn that none shall survive them,

صَبٌّ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُ فِي قَسْوَةِ الْحَجَرِ

A love-struck one, even if he were as hard as stone

No infatuated lover, even if he were as hard as stone.