منيت بمن إذا منيت أفضت

منيت بمن إذا منيت أفضت

مناي إلى بنفسج عارضيهِ

مناي إلى بنفسج عارضيهِ

I was smitten with one: whenever I was given hope,

I wished that when I pass away

my hopes reached the violets of his cheeks.

My demise leads to the violet on his cheek

وفاضت رحمة لي حين ولى

وفاضت رحمة لي حين ولى

مدامع كاتبي وكاتبيه

مدامع كاتبي وكاتبيه

And when he turned away, out of pity for me,

And mercy overflows for me when

the eyes of my two scribes and his two scribes overflowed.

The tears of my writer and his writer flow