قُل لِمَن لَستُ أُسَمّي

بِأَبي أَنتِ وَأُمّي

Tell whoever asks my name

By my father, you are my mother

بِأَبي أَنتِ لَقَد أَص

بَحتِ مِن أَكبَرِ هَمّي

By my father, you have become

My greatest concern

وَلَقَد قُلتُ لِأَهلي

إِذ أَذابَ الحُبُّ لَحمي

And I told my family

When love melted my flesh

وَأَرادوا لي طَبيباً

فَاكتَفَوا مِنّي بِعِلمي

And they wanted a doctor for me

They were satisfied with my knowledge

مَن يَكٌ يَجهَلُ ما أَل

قى فَإِنَّ الحُبَّ سُقمي

Whoever does not know what I suffer

For love is truly my illness

إِنَّ روحي لَبِبَغدا

دَ وَفي الكوفَةِ جِسمي

My soul is in Baghdad

While my body is in Kufa