أَصبَحَ قَلبي بِهِ نُدوبُ

أَصبَحَ قَلبي بِهِ نُدوبُ

أَندَبَهُ الشادِنُ الرَبيبُ

أَندَبَهُ الشادِنُ الرَبيبُ

My heart now bears scars;

My heart harbors many wounds

My heart has become marked with deep scars,

the tenderly reared young gazelle has scarred it,

Inflicted by a cruel beloved

Inflicted by the fawn, pampered and young,

تَمادِياً مِنهُ في التَصابي

تَمادِياً مِنهُ في التَصابي

وَقَد عَلا رَأسِيَ المَشيبُ

وَقَد عَلا رَأسِيَ المَشيبُ

through its persistence in youthful dalliance,

Who persists in tormenting me

Who persists in the folly of youthful passion,

though gray hair has covered my head.

As gray hairs sprout upon my head

Though the gray of age has risen upon my head.

أَظُنُّني ذائِقاً حِمامي

أَظُنُّني ذائِقاً حِمامي

وَأَنَّ إِلمامَهُ قَريبُ

وَأَنَّ إِلمامَهُ قَريبُ

I think I shall taste my death,

I feel my end is nearing fast

I deem myself to be tasting my own death,

and that its coming is near.

Its time is very close at hand

And feel that its visitation is close at hand.

إِذا فُؤادٌ شَجاهُ حُبٌّ

إِذا فُؤادٌ شَجاهُ حُبٌّ

فَقَلَّما يَنفَعُ الطَبيبُ

فَقَلَّما يَنفَعُ الطَبيبُ

When love has tormented a heart,

When love has caused a heart to grieve

For when a heart is stricken by love's affliction,

then a physician seldom helps.

No doctor can make it mend

Seldom can a physician provide a cure.