حِجابٌ فَإِن تَبدوا فَلِلدَمعِ جَولَةٌ

حِجابٌ فَإِن تَبدوا فَلِلدَمعِ جَولَةٌ

يَكونُ لَهُ مِن دونِ رُؤيَتِهِ سِترا

يَكونُ لَهُ مِن دونِ رُؤيَتِهِ سِترا

A veil—for if you appear, tears surge,

A veil, yet if you appear, tears will begin to flow,

Becoming a screen for him, keeping him from view.

Providing a screen, without the sight of you.

فَإِن غاضَ دَمعُ العَينِ أَقبَلَ كاشِحٌ

فَإِن غاضَ دَمعُ العَينِ أَقبَلَ كاشِحٌ

يَرُدُّ جُفونَ العينِ قَد مُلِئَت ذُعرا

يَرُدُّ جُفونَ العينِ قَد مُلِئَت ذُعرا

But if the eye's tears ebb, a spiteful enemy approaches,

If the tears of my eyes cease, avid desire arrives,

Forcing the eyelids shut, already filled with terror.

Turning back my eyelids, now filled with alarm.

وَمَن يَشتَري مِنّي حَياتي بِميتَةٍ

وَمَن يَشتَري مِنّي حَياتي بِميتَةٍ

أَبِعهُ حَياةً يَشتَري بَعدَها قَبرا

أَبِعهُ حَياةً يَشتَري بَعدَها قَبرا

And whoever buys my life from me in exchange for a death,

And whoever buys my life with a death,

I shall sell him a life after which he will buy a grave.

I will sell him a life, after which he will buy a grave.

وَمَن يَشتَري عَيني بِعَينٍ صَحيحَةٍ

وَمَن يَشتَري عَيني بِعَينٍ صَحيحَةٍ

أَزِدهُ عَلى عَينَيَّ قَلباً أَبى الصَبرا

أَزِدهُ عَلى عَينَيَّ قَلباً أَبى الصَبرا

And whoever buys my eyes in exchange for a sound eye,

And whoever buys my eye with a healthy eye,

I shall give him, besides my two eyes, a heart that refused patience.

I will give him, over my eye, a heart that refused patience.