أيُّ سِـرٍّ عنك أخـفي

بعدمـا أعـلنتُ ضـعفي

What secret could I possibly hide from you,

After I have laid bare my weakness?

ضائعٌ دمـعي سخـيٌّ

جمـرَ ضَيْمٍ كِـدْتُ أُلْـفي

Lost, my tears flow in abundance;

I have almost encountered the embers of oppression.

أَتَّـقي هجـراً مـهيناً

ساعياً بـي نحـو حتـفي

I ward off a humiliating abandonment

That drives me closer to my doom.

ماتجـلى من همـومٍ

فـاق أَدْهى كـلِّ وَصْـفِ

The sorrows that have come to light

Surpass the most grievous of descriptions.

ذا عـذابي زاد ضعـفاً

قـد سـقاني سُمَّ حـتفي

This torment of mine has grown twofold,

Making me drink the poison of my demise.

غـدرُ أيـامي رمـاني

من هـواني رغـم أنـفي

The treachery of my days has cast me down,

Through my humiliation, against my will.

ياصروفـاً في حـياتي

رغم جهدي، أنتِ خَسْـفي

O cruel vicissitudes of my life,

Despite my efforts, you are my ruin.

حامدٌ بل شـاكرٌ مُسْـ

ـتَمْسِكٌ بالصبر طَـرْفي

Praising, nay, thankful, I hold—

—fast to patience with my steady gaze.

قـد يُـمَنِّيـني بيـومٍ

ليتـه بالوعد يُـشْـفي

He might give me hope for a day;

Would that he heal me by keeping his promise.

كلما حـاولتُ قـرباً

رام صَـدِّي ثم صَرْفـي

Whenever I attempted to draw near,

He sought to repel me, then turn me away.

لم أعـدْ نـبعاً لصـبر ٍ

من ذهـولي كَلَّ رَجْـفي

I am no longer a fountain of patience;

From my daze, my very trembling has grown weary.

جائـرٌ خصـمٌ عـنيـدٌ

لم يُقَـدِّرْ حـق ظَـرْفي

An unjust, stubborn adversary,

He has not truly valued my circumstance.

صِنْفُ أخـلاقي كـمالٌ

كاملٌ من كلِّ وَصْـفِ

The nature of my character is perfection,

Flawless in every trait and description.

قـادمٌ حـتى يـرانـي

قبـل أن يرتـدَّ طـرفي

Coming forth just so he may see me,

Before my very glance returns to me.

ليتـه مثـلي صَـفوحٌ

مستجيبٌ مـثل صـنفي

Would that he were as forgiving as I am,

And as responsive as my own kind.

إنـني راضٍ بـوعـدٍ

ليتـه بالـعـهـدِ يـوفي

I am truly content with just a promise,

Would that he fulfills the covenant.

هل يجـافيني حبيبـي

كيف يجـفو وهْـوَ إِلْـفي

Would my beloved really shun me?

How could he turn away, when he is my soulmate?

مهجةٌ حـرَّى تناجي

من توارى خـلف عطـفي

A burning soul secretly whispers

To the one concealed behind my affection.

عُدْ تجدْ صدراً حـنوناً

وانسَ حـتماً بعـد حَيْفِ

Return, and you will find a tender embrace,

And surely forget, after such injustice.

رغم بعدي، لستُ وحدي

أنتَ دومـاً صِنْوُ طيفي

Despite my distance, I am not alone;

You are always the twin of my phantom.

إِنَّـنا جسـمٌ وروحٌ

أنتَ روحٌ، أنتَ نـصـفي.

We are indeed but a body and a soul;

You are the soul, you are my other half.