إني أفقتُ أفقتُ

إني أفقتُ أفقتُ

من كربتين نجوتُ

من كربتين نجوتُ

Indeed, I came to my senses—I came to my senses!

Indeed, I have recovered, recovered!

From two torments I escaped:

From two torments I have escaped.

من ليلة الحب عدتُ

من ليلة الحب عدتُ

ومن لظاها سلمت

ومن لظاها سلمت

from love’s night I returned,

From the night of love I have returned,

and from its blaze emerged unharmed;

And from its blaze I have emerged unscathed.

ومن تصاريف ليلٍ

ومن تصاريف ليلٍ

بالداء يدجو نجوت

بالداء يدجو نجوت

and from Layla’s vicissitudes,

And from the vicissitudes of a night

as gloom deepened through illness, I escaped.

That darkens with illness, I have escaped.

ما علتي ما جواها

ما علتي ما جواها

ما السر في أن مرضت

ما السر في أن مرضت

What is my malady—what is its consuming inward fire?

What is my ailment? What is its burning pain?

What is the secret of my falling ill?

What is the secret of my falling ill?

أكان ذاك لأني

أكان ذاك لأني

بعهدكم قد وفيت

بعهدكم قد وفيت

Was that because I

Was that because I

had kept faith with your covenant?

Had kept my pledge to you?

لا تسألوا بعد عني

لا تسألوا بعد عني

إني عن العشق صمت

إني عن العشق صمت

Ask no more about me;

Ask no more about me:

indeed, I have fasted from passionate love.

Indeed, I have fasted from love.