في ذلِكَ الحيِّ المُعرِّضِ لي هَويً

في ذلِكَ الحيِّ المُعرِّضِ لي هَويً

ودَّعْتُه حذراً بطْرفٍ معْرِضِ

ودَّعْتُه حذراً بطْرفٍ معْرِضِ

In that encampment appearing before me is one I love.

In that lively neighborhood I fell in love

I bade him farewell cautiously, with an averted gaze.

I bid him farewell cautiously with an averted glance

أخشَى عليه الكاشِحين فكُلُّهم

أخشَى عليه الكاشِحين فكُلُّهم

غَضبانُ يُسخِطُهُ هَوانَا لا رَضِي

غَضبانُ يُسخِطُهُ هَوانَا لا رَضِي

I fear the spiteful for his sake, for each of them

I fear for him the slanderers, for they are all

Is angry, enraged by our love, not pleased.

Angry, provoking him with passion, not appeased

فتلفّتَتْ عينِي المريضةُ بالبُكا

فتلفّتَتْ عينِي المريضةُ بالبُكا

والبينِ تأملُ نظرةً من مُمْرِضي

والبينِ تأملُ نظرةً من مُمْرِضي

So my eye turned about, sick from weeping

So my sick eye wandered, weeping

And separation, hoping for a glance from him who makes me ill.

And between us a glance of longing from my healer