قد عِيلَ صَبْرِي

وبانَ سِرِّي الْمَصُون

My patience is exhausted

And my secret is revealed

ما هُوْ ظاهِرْ

أبَداً هُ واهِي الْجُفُون

What was never apparent

My eyelids can no longer conceal

هَلْ لِهَيَامِي

ودَائِه مِن دَوَا

Is there a cure for my love

And its chronic illness?

رَمانِي رامِي

بِسْهم قَوْسِ النَّوَى

It struck me, its archer,

With the arrow of passion

خَلُّوا مَلامِي

فالجِسْم واهِي الْقُوَى

Leave my blame -

My body is weak

والدَّمْعِ يَجْرِي

مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنِ عُيُون

And tears flow

From all my eyes

مِنْ طَرْفِ ساهِرْ

قد اسْهَرَتْهُ والشُّجُون

From an eye that's awake

Kept sleepless by sorrows

أنَا وقَلْبي

مَعَ الْمُنَى والْخُطُوب

I and my heart

Are with misfortune and calamities

في نارِ حَرْبي

الْقَلْبُ مِنْهَا يَذُوب

In the fire of my turmoil

My heart melts away

اللهُ رَبِّي

ماذَا تُقَاسِي الْقُلُوب

My God, my Lord

Why do hearts suffer so?

فَكُلُّ حُرِّ

يقولْ مالاَ يَهُون

Each free soul

Speaks what does not diminish

لَهُ الأواخِرْ

فيَرْعَوِي للسُّكُونْ

To Him belong the ends

He brings calm after the storm

لله كَم قَد

مَرَّ لَنَا مِنْ زَمان

Oh Lord, how much

Time has passed for us

عَيْشٌ مُمَهَّدْ

وَوَقْتُنا في أمانْ

A life made smooth

And our days were safe

فَلَوْ يُخَلَّدْ

كان يكُون شَيْ حَسَانْ

If only it could last

It would be something good

كَمْ كُنْتُ أُجْرِي

خَيْلَ الْهَوَى في فُنُون

How much did I indulge

In the horses of passion and arts

والدَّهْرُ ناصِرْ

مُساعِدٌ لاَخؤُونْ

And time was a supporter

Helping the carefree

يا قَبي مَهْلاَ

صَبْراً لِمَا قد أتَى

Oh my grave, wait

Patiently for what has come

فالصَّبْرُ أوْلَى

إِن ضاقَ ذَرْعُ الْفَتَى

Patience is best

When the young man's tether is tight

وغَنَّ قَوْلاً

قد قِيلَ كَيْ تَثْبُتَا

And it was said in words

To stand firm however matters go

يا لَيْتَ شِعْرِي

إِنْ خالَفَ اللهُ الظُّنُون

Oh, if only I knew

If God reversed expectations

تَرَانِي صابِرْ

ما قَدَّرَ اللهْ يَكُونْ

Would I stay patient

With what God ordains?