أَحسَبُ النَّومَ حَكاكا

أَحسَبُ النَّومَ حَكاكا

إِذ رَأى مِثل جَفاكا

إِذ رَأى مِثل جَفاكا

I think sleep has imitated you,

seeing coldness like your own.

مِنّيَ الصَّبرُ وَمِنكَ ال

مِنّيَ الصَّبرُ وَمِنكَ ال

هَجرُ فَابلغ بي مَداكا

هَجرُ فَابلغ بي مَداكا

From me comes patience; from you comes—

estrangement. Take me as far as you can.

بَعُدت هِمّةُ عَين

بَعُدت هِمّةُ عَين

طَمِعت في أَن تَراكا

طَمِعت في أَن تَراكا

Too lofty was the ambition of an eye

that dared to hope it might see you.

أَوَ ما حَظٌّ لِعَيني

أَوَ ما حَظٌّ لِعَيني

أَن تَرى مَن قَد رَآكا

أَن تَرى مَن قَد رَآكا

Is it not fortune enough for my eye

to see someone who has seen you?

لَيتَ حَظّي مِنكَ أَن

لَيتَ حَظّي مِنكَ أَن

تَعلَم ما بي مِن هَواكا

تَعلَم ما بي مِن هَواكا

If only my share of you were this—

that you knew the love of you within me.