قلب غدا كالبعض من خاله

قلب غدا كالبعض من خاله

وأنه كأن خلخاله

وأنه كأن خلخاله

A heart has become like a fragment of his mole,

A heart that became like some of its family

And its moan is like the moan of his anklet.

And it was as if its anklet

ظبي على مسكينه حاكم

ظبي على مسكينه حاكم

وجأر في كل أفعاله

وجأر في كل أفعاله

A gazelle, ruler over his wretched one,

A gazelle over its poor ruler

And he cried out in all his deeds.

And a neighbor in all its actions

معذب لكن عذيب اللمى

معذب لكن عذيب اللمى

حلو يذاق الصبر من حاله

حلو يذاق الصبر من حاله

A tormentor, yet sweet are his dusky lips,

Tormented, but the torment of longing

Sweet, though his ways give a taste of bitter aloe.

Is sweet to taste from its state

مصالح لغير خلانه

مصالح لغير خلانه

محارب للعاشق الواله

محارب للعاشق الواله

At peace with those who are not his friends,

Interested for others not its own

At war with the love-distraught lover,

Fighting the lover loyal to it

موادد لجاهلي قدره

موادد لجاهلي قدره

ولم يجيء مضناه في باله

ولم يجيء مضناه في باله

Affectionate toward those ignorant of his worth,

Befriending the ignorant of its worth

Yet the one he has worn down has not crossed his mind.

And it did not occur in its mind

سقى الحيا وقتاً به أنعمت

سقى الحيا وقتاً به أنعمت

أيامنا بلثم أذياله

أيامنا بلثم أذياله

May rain water a time when blissful were

It quenched thirst for some time it was blessed

Our days, through kissing his hems.

Our days with the hem of its garment's kiss

وقت مضى لكن بكراه لل

وقت مضى لكن بكراه لل

قلب الشفا من داء آماله

قلب الشفا من داء آماله

A time gone by, yet [word unclear]—for the

A time passed but tomorrow it will

Heart, a cure for the sickness of its hopes.

The heart will heal from the disease of its hopes