تَعودُ مَريضاً أَسقَمَتهُ بِهَجرِها

تَعودُ مَريضاً أَسقَمَتهُ بِهَجرِها

وَلَو عاوَدَتهُ عادَ لا يَعرِفُ السُقما

وَلَو عاوَدَتهُ عادَ لا يَعرِفُ السُقما

She visits a sick man whom her desertion has made ill,

She visits a sick man whom she made ill by forsaking him.

And if she visited him again, he would recover, knowing sickness no more.

And were she to visit him again, he would no longer know illness.

لَقَد أَضرَمَت في القَلبِ ناراً مِنَ الجَوى

لَقَد أَضرَمَت في القَلبِ ناراً مِنَ الجَوى

فَما تَرَكَت عَظماً وَلا تَرَكَت لَحما

فَما تَرَكَت عَظماً وَلا تَرَكَت لَحما

She has kindled in the heart a fire born of longing,

She has indeed kindled in the heart a fire of love's anguish,

Leaving neither bone nor flesh unconsumed.

So it has left no bone, nor has it left any flesh.

وَإِنّي عَلى هِجرانِها وَصُدودِها

وَإِنّي عَلى هِجرانِها وَصُدودِها

وَما حَلَّ بي مِنها أَرى حُبَّها حَتما

وَما حَلَّ بي مِنها أَرى حُبَّها حَتما

Despite her forsaking me and turning away,

And I, despite her abandonment and her rejection,

And all that I have suffered through her, I deem loving her inevitable.

And what has befallen me through her, deem my love for her inevitable.

خَليلَيَّ كُفّا لا تَلوما مُتَيَّماً

خَليلَيَّ كُفّا لا تَلوما مُتَيَّماً

وَلا تَقتُلا صَبّاً بِلَومِكُما ظُلما

وَلا تَقتُلا صَبّاً بِلَومِكُما ظُلما

My two companions, desist—do not blame one enthralled by love,

My two friends, desist: do not reproach a man enslaved by love,

And do not unjustly kill a passionate lover with your reproach.

And do not unjustly kill an ardent lover with your reproaches.