ظَلَمَت عَينُكِ عَيني إِنَّها

بادَلَتها بِالرُقادِ الأَرَقا

Your eyes have darkened my eyes, for they

Have exchanged them for sleepless nights

سُلِّطَ الشَوقُ عَلى الدَمعِ فَما

هَبَّ داعي الشَوقِ إِلّا اِندَفَقا

Yearning has been unleashed on tears, so they

Flowed freely when yearning's urge inclined

كُنتُ لا أَمنَعُ قَلبي سُؤلَهُ

وَلَقَد كُنتُ عَلَيهِ شَفِقا

I did not restrain my heart from its plea

And I had been gentle with it indeed

فَتَمادى القَلبُ في بَحرِ الهَوى

يَركَبُ التَغريرَ حَتّى غَرِقا

So the heart persisted in the sea of love

Riding delusions until it sank

أَيُّها النادِبُ قَوماً هَلَكوا

صارَتِ الأَرضُ عَلَيهِم طَبَقا

O you who mourns a people gone by

The earth has become their grave and coffin

أُندُبِ العُشّاقَ لا غَيرَهُمُ

إِنَّما الهالِكُ مَن قَد عَشِقا

Mourn lovers, and lovers alone

Only lovers among us are dead

أَشرَقَ المَيدانُ فَاِستَنكَرتُهُ

كَيفَ لا أَعرِفُ تِلكَ الطُرُقا

The meadow shone, and I thought it strange

How could I not recognize those paths?

خَبَّروني أَنَّها مَرَّت بِهِ

قُلتُ مِن ثَمَّ أَراهُ مُشرِقا

They told me she passed by it

I said that's why it shines radiant

فَشَمَمتُ الريحَ مِن تِلقائِها

فَاِستَطارَ القَلبُ مِني شِقَقا

I smelled the breeze from her direction

So my heart cracked and split into pieces