وعيشك ما طرفي الكليل بناظرٍ

وعيشك ما طرفي الكليل بناظرٍ

سواكَ ولا سمعي بمُصغٍ لعاذلِ

سواكَ ولا سمعي بمُصغٍ لعاذلِ

By your life, my weary eye does not gaze

My eyes see none but you though sleep forsakes them,

on anyone but you, nor does my ear heed a reproacher.

My ears hear only your reproaches.

ولا حُلتُ عمَّا قد عهدت وإنني

ولا حُلتُ عمَّا قد عهدت وإنني

مشوقٌ وإن خابت لديك وسائلي

مشوقٌ وإن خابت لديك وسائلي

Nor have I changed from what you once knew of me; indeed, I am

I cannot turn away from what I am accustomed to,

full of longing, even though my appeals to you have failed.

Though yearning and seeking you wearies me.

ولكنني لمَّا سمحتَ بجفوةٍ

ولكنني لمَّا سمحتَ بجفوةٍ

وأسعفتَ عُذّالي بطيب تواصل

وأسعفتَ عُذّالي بطيب تواصل

But when you were generous with coldness

When you were cold and entertained my rivals,

and favored my reproachers with cordial companionship,

I redirected my love so enemies would not see

صرفتُ هواي عنك كي لا يرى العدى

صرفتُ هواي عنك كي لا يرى العدى

خضوعي وتسآلي إلى غير باذلِ

خضوعي وتسآلي إلى غير باذلِ

I turned my love away from you, lest enemies see

My submission and pleading to another.

my submission and my pleading to one who gives nothing.

Restraint is better than reproach from the jealous.

وأقصرتُ عمَّا قد عهدتَ وزاجرٌ

وأقصرتُ عمَّا قد عهدتَ وزاجرٌ

من النفس خيرٌ من عتاب بالعواذل

من النفس خيرٌ من عتاب بالعواذل

And I desisted from what you once knew of me; a restraining voice

from within the soul is better than the reproachers' rebukes.