حامِلُ الهَوى تَعِبُ

حامِلُ الهَوى تَعِبُ

يَستَخِفُّهُ الطَرَبُ

يَستَخِفُّهُ الطَرَبُ

The bearer of love is weary.

The carrier of passion grows weary,

The bearer of passion is weary,

Rapture carries him away.

Worn down by distress,

Made unsteady by the rapture of love.

إِن بَكى يُحَقُّ لَهُ

إِن بَكى يُحَقُّ لَهُ

لَيسَ ما بِهِ لَعِبُ

لَيسَ ما بِهِ لَعِبُ

If he weeps, he is justified;

If he weeps he is right to do so,

If he weeps, he is justified,

What ails him is no game.

What ails him is no jest,

For his plight is no mere game.

تَضحَكينَ لاهِيَةً

تَضحَكينَ لاهِيَةً

وَالمُحِبُّ يَنتَحِبُ

وَالمُحِبُّ يَنتَحِبُ

You laugh, carefree,

You laugh heedlessly,

You laugh, distracted and amused,

While the lover sobs.

While the lover laments grievously,

While the lover weeps in despair.

تَعجَبينَ مِن سَقَمي

تَعجَبينَ مِن سَقَمي

صِحَّتي هِيَ العَجَبُ

صِحَّتي هِيَ العَجَبُ

You marvel at my sickness;

You marvel at my sickness,

You are amazed by my sickness,

My health is the marvel.

Yet it is your health that amazes me,

But my health is the real wonder.

كُلَّما اِنقَضى سَبَبٌ

كُلَّما اِنقَضى سَبَبٌ

مِنكِ عادَ لي سَبَبُ

مِنكِ عادَ لي سَبَبُ

Whenever one cause comes to an end,

Whenever one reason from you expires,

Whenever one cause comes to an end,

Another cause from you returns to me.

Another reason from you transpires,

A new cause from you returns to me.