مَن لَم يَذُق لِصَبابَةٍ طَعما

مَن لَم يَذُق لِصَبابَةٍ طَعما

فَلَقَد أَحَطتُ بِطَعمِها عِلما

فَلَقَد أَحَطتُ بِطَعمِها عِلما

If anyone has not tasted the savor of longing,

Whoever has not tasted the sweetness of youth

I have indeed come to know its taste in full.

I have fully comprehended its taste

إِنّي مَنَحتُ مَوَدَّتي سَكَناً

إِنّي مَنَحتُ مَوَدَّتي سَكَناً

فَرَأَيتُهُ قَد عَدَّها جُرما

فَرَأَيتُهُ قَد عَدَّها جُرما

I bestowed my affection on a beloved,

I offered my affection a dwelling

and found that he had deemed it a crime.

But saw it count that a crime

يا عُتبُ ما أَنا عَن صَنيعِكِ بي

يا عُتبُ ما أَنا عَن صَنيعِكِ بي

أَعمى وَلَكِنَّ الهَوى أَعمى

أَعمى وَلَكِنَّ الهَوى أَعمى

O Utb, to your treatment of me I am not

Oh, blame, I’m not blind to your actions

blind—but love is blind.

But love is blind

وَاللَهِ ما أَبقَيتِ مِن جَسَدي

وَاللَهِ ما أَبقَيتِ مِن جَسَدي

لَحماً وَلا أَبقَيتِ لي عَظما

لَحماً وَلا أَبقَيتِ لي عَظما

By God, you have left my body no

By God, you left no flesh on my body

flesh, nor have you left me a bone.

Nor bone for me

إِنَّ الَّذي لَم يَدرِ ما تَلفي

إِنَّ الَّذي لَم يَدرِ ما تَلفي

لَيَرى عَلى وَجهي بِهِ رَسما

لَيَرى عَلى وَجهي بِهِ رَسما

Indeed, whoever does not know how I am wasting away

Indeed, whoever knows not what you wreak

surely sees its trace upon my face.

Will see its mark printed on my face