يا مَوقد النار في ضُلوعي
أَغرقني الطَرف بِالدُموعِ
O you who kindle the fire in my ribs,
My eyes have drowned me in tears.
أَلبَسَني السُقم ثَوبَ وَرس
طَرّزهُ الدَمع بِالنَجيعِ
Sickness dressed me in a robe dyed with wars,
And tears embroidered it with blood.
آيست في الحُب مِن سُروري
كَما تَسَليت عَن هُجوعي
In love, I have despaired of joy,
Just as I have given up on sleep.
وَلَم يَكُن قَبل ذا بَظَني
إِنَّكَ يا واحِدي مضيعي
Never before had I imagined
That you, my only one, would be my undoing.
Sol 6