ليس لي فِطنةٌ تُتَرجِم عنّي

ليس لي فِطنةٌ تُتَرجِم عنّي

لَم تدعْ لي نَواكَ فِطْنة فَهْمِ

لَم تدعْ لي نَواكَ فِطْنة فَهْمِ

I have no discernment to speak on my behalf;

I have no insight to speak for me.

your absence has left me no wit with which to understand.

Your absence has left me no discernment to understand.

إنّما تَفهم القلوبُ وقد بِذْ

إنّما تَفهم القلوبُ وقد بِذْ

تَ بِقلبي وكيف يَفهَم جِسمي

تَ بِقلبي وكيف يَفهَم جِسمي

Only hearts understand—and I have tested this

Only hearts understand, and you have laid waste

with my heart; how, then, could my body understand?

to my heart—how can my body understand?

عجباً في تخّلِفي عنك أنّي

عجباً في تخّلِفي عنك أنّي

فيه كالمبتِدي بِتجْرِيبِ سُمّ

فيه كالمبتِدي بِتجْرِيبِ سُمّ

How strange that, in remaining behind without you, I am

How strange that, left behind by you, I

in this like a novice trying poison.

am like a novice experimenting with poison.

كيف أحيا إذا بَعُدْتَ ومِن نُعْ

كيف أحيا إذا بَعُدْتَ ومِن نُعْ

ماك عِندي دَمي ولَحمي وعظمي

ماك عِندي دَمي ولَحمي وعظمي

How can I live when you are far away, when among your favors

How can I live if you are far away, when from your boun-

to me are my blood, my flesh, and my bones?

-ty come my blood, my flesh, and my bones?

إنّما هوَّنَ الرزيَّةَ أني

إنّما هوَّنَ الرزيَّةَ أني

منذ خلّفتَني أراك بِوَهمْي

منذ خلّفتَني أراك بِوَهمْي

What alone has eased the calamity is that I,

What alone has eased the calamity is that

ever since you left me behind, have seen you in my imagination.

since you left me behind, I see you in my imagination.