الصبرُ لا يجدي

من بعدِ ذا البعدِ

Patience is of no use

After this distance

معَ الملالْ

وليسَ للصدِّ

With boredom

And grief has no remedy

وحرقةِ الوجدِ

سوى الوصالْ

Except for the burning agony of passion

Except for reunion

من الهوى يا ما أشدَّ الهوى

وذا الجوى يا ما أمضَّ الجوى

What intensity is the passion of love!

What affliction is the agony of longing!

قلتُ نفسي والغرامُ انطوى

مذ نقضوا عهدي

I said to myself, as love folded away

When they broke their vows

وأخلفوا وعدي

بذا المطال

And failed my hopes

With these trials

وكنتُ ذا حدِّ

فصرتُ كالغمدِ

And I was pushed

So I became like a sword in its sheath

لدى النضالْ

وبي ظما ويلاهُ من ذا الظما

During the struggle

What pain and woe is this pain!

وقد أرى الماءَ ولكنما

قوليَ يا ليت ويا ليتما

And though I see the water, I cannot reach it

Oh, would that! Oh, would that!

مُسَعَّرٌ كبدي

فلم أنلْ قصدي

My liver is inflamed

I did not achieve my goal

ولا أنالْ

وحفرةُ اللحدِ

Nor can I achieve it

And the grave I dug alone

أنزلها وحدي

بكلُّ حال

In any case