طاف بي وهـمٌ سـقيمُ

بات في قـلبي يـقيمُ

A sickly whim came over me

A sickly illusion visited me,

It settled in my heart and stayed

Spending the night, residing in my heart.

كـل يــوم يعتريـني

بـبـلاء إذْ أهيــمُ

Each day it afflicts me

Every day it overtakes me

With an ordeal when I wander

With affliction, as I wander in love.

أكتـوي لـيلاً بنـارٍ

وهو بي حـقا عـليمُ

I burn at night with a fire

I am scorched at night by a fire,

And it is truly knowing of me

While he is truly aware of my state.

كيف أشقى وهو راضٍ

وأنـا بـاكٍ كـتـومُ

How can I be miserable when He is pleased

How can I suffer while he is content,

While I weep silently

While I weep, yet conceal my grief?

للشقـا أهديتني حيـ

ـناً،فلا يرجى نعـيمُ

For misery He granted me life

You have offered me to misery for a

So bliss cannot be hoped for

Time, leaving no hope for bliss.

هذه شكوايَ هـانت

فأنـا دومـاً خَـدومُ

These are my complaints they have eased

This complaint of mine is taken lightly,

For I am always submissive

For I am always eager to serve.

يافـؤادي لا تعـادي

إنـني شـهمٌ كـريمُ

O my heart do not oppose

O my heart, do not bear enmity,

I am a generous, noble man

For I am gallant and noble.

صادق في العشق عدلٌ

لا أغـالـي،لا ألـومُ

True in love, just

Truthful in love, and just;

I do not exaggerate, I do not blame

I do not exaggerate, nor do I lay blame.

لا تكن في الصد عوْناً

فالنـوى إثـمٌ عظيمُ

Do not help reject me

Do not aid in this rejection,

For forbidden hopes are a grave sin

For separation is a grievous sin.

أقبلي يا منيتـي فالـ

ـودُّ مكفولٌ عمـيمُ

Welcome me o my beloved

Draw near, O my desire, for

Affection is assured and general

Affection is guaranteed and boundless.

اطلبيني كـل حـينٍ

إنـني واعٍ فـهـيمُ

Seek me at all times

Seek me out at every moment,

I am aware and wise

For I am attentive and understanding.

أبصريني دامع الطَّـرْ

ـفِ وذا ليلي خصيمُ

See me with tearful eyes

Look upon my tearful

My nights are hostile

Eyes, while this night is my adversary.

البكا سهمي،متى طيـ

ـرُ المنـى يبدو، يحومُ

Crying is my arrow, when

Weeping is my portion; when will the bird

The wished for target appears, it hovers

Of hope appear and hover near?

عاذلي لا ذنب لي في

ماجـرى، حظي ألـومُ

Reproach me not, I have no fault

O my blamer, I have no fault in

In what happened, I blame my fate

What has passed; it is my luck I blame.

جامليني لو بوعـدٍ

منـك واهٍ لا يـدومُ

Indulge me even with a promise

Humor me, if only with a promise

From you though false and fleeting

From you, frail and fleeting.

ساحري بدِّدْ غيوم الـ

حزن تُسْتجلى الهمومُ

Enchant me, disperse the clouds of

O my enchanter, scatter the clouds of

Sorrow so worries disappear

Sorrow, that my worries may be cleared away.

ضاق صدري خذْ بأمري

ما لجـرحي لا يـريمُ

My chest is tight, take my matters

My chest grows tight, take charge of my affair;

For my wound does not heal

Why does my wound refuse to heal?

ووئـامٌ بات رَيْـباً

منه أشـكو أو ألـوم

And harmony has become doubtful

And harmony has turned into suspicion,

Of it I complain or blame

Of which I complain, or lay blame.