يا ليتَ عيني تَحمَّلت ألمكَ

يا ليتَ عيني تَحمَّلت ألمكَ

بل ليتَ نَفسي تَقسَّمت سَقمَك

بل ليتَ نَفسي تَقسَّمت سَقمَك

Oh, if only my eye had borne your pain—

Oh, if only my eye had borne your pain!

no, if only my soul had shared out your sickness.

Rather, if only my soul had shared your sickness!

وليت كفَّ الطبيب إذ فَصَدَت

وليت كفَّ الطبيب إذ فَصَدَت

عرقَكَ أَجرَت مِن ناظِرَيَّ دَمَك

عرقَكَ أَجرَت مِن ناظِرَيَّ دَمَك

And if only the physician’s hand, when it opened

And if only the physician's hand, when it lanced

your vein, had drawn your blood from my eyes.

your vein, had made your blood flow from my two eyes.

أَعَرتهَ صبغَ وَجنَتَيك كما

أَعَرتهَ صبغَ وَجنَتَيك كما

تُعيرُه إن لثمتَ مَن لَثَمَك

تُعيرُه إن لثمتَ مَن لَثَمَك

I would have lent it the hue of your cheeks, just as

You lent it the hue of your cheeks, just as

you lend it when you kiss whoever has kissed you.

you lend that hue to someone who has kissed you, if you kiss them.

طَرفُك أمضَى من حَدٍّ مبِضَعه

طَرفُك أمضَى من حَدٍّ مبِضَعه

فالَحظ به العِرقَ وارتجز ألمك

فالَحظ به العِرقَ وارتجز ألمك

Your glance is keener than the edge of his lancet;

Your glance is sharper than the edge of his lancet;

so glance with it at the vein, and chant your pain.

so glance at the vein with it, and chant your pain in rajaz verse.