تمحضني النصيحة يا عذولي

تمحضني النصيحة يا عذولي

وانك عاذل حينا وباش

وانك عاذل حينا وباش

You offer me counsel sincerely, O my reproacher;

You offer me sincere counsel, O my reproacher,

though at times you reproach, and at times are pleasant.

and indeed you are sometimes reproachful, sometimes smiling.

ولي قلب بحبي ذا ولوه

ولي قلب بحبي ذا ولوه

وفكر في الهوى رهن اندهاش

وفكر في الهوى رهن اندهاش

And I have a heart that, in my love, is possessed by rapture,

And I have a heart distraught for this beloved of mine,

and a mind held captive in passion to bewilderment.

and a mind held captive by bewilderment in love.

فلو حل العراق وقيل زره

فلو حل العراق وقيل زره

لطرت اليه لا كمسير ماش

لطرت اليه لا كمسير ماش

Were he to settle in Iraq and I were told, “Visit him,”

Were he to settle in Iraq, and I were told, "Visit him,"

I would fly to him, not journey at a walker’s pace.

I would fly to him, not go at a walker's pace.

هواه اقر في كلي سقامي

هواه اقر في كلي سقامي

وما انا كالسقيم على الفراش

وما انا كالسقيم على الفراش

Love for him has made my sickness settle through my whole being,

Love for him has lodged my sickness in every part of me,

yet I am not like a sick man lying upon a bed.

yet I am not like an invalid lying in bed.

لقد رقت به اجزاء جسمي

لقد رقت به اجزاء جسمي

كما رقت له تلك الحواشي

كما رقت له تلك الحواشي

Indeed, because of him, the parts of my body have grown thin,

Indeed, every part of my body has grown thin because of him,

as, for his sake, have those extremities.

just as those fringes have grown fine for him.

اشب بناره واليه اسعى

اشب بناره واليه اسعى

احاوله محاولة الفراش

احاوله محاولة الفراش

I blaze in his fire and hasten toward him;

I blaze with his fire and hasten toward him;

I seek him as the moth seeks the flame.

I seek him as a moth seeks the flame.

فيبصرني الخلي صحيح جسم

فيبصرني الخلي صحيح جسم

لقد غشته لامعة القماش

لقد غشته لامعة القماش

Thus one untouched by love sees me sound in body—

So the carefree man sees me sound in body;

the sheen of the cloth has surely deceived him.

indeed, the sheen of cloth has veiled it.