أَضِنُّ عَن الدُنيا بِطَرفي وَطَرفِها

أَضِنُّ عَن الدُنيا بِطَرفي وَطَرفِها

فَهَل بَعدَ هَذا مِن مَقالٍ لِمُشفِقِ

فَهَل بَعدَ هَذا مِن مَقالٍ لِمُشفِقِ

I jealously withhold from the world my gaze and hers;

I begrudge the world my gaze and hers.

after this, is there anything left for an anxious lover to say?

So after this, what can a concerned well-wisher say?

أَلا لَيتَنا نَعمى إِذا حيلَ بَينَنا

أَلا لَيتَنا نَعمى إِذا حيلَ بَينَنا

وَتُجلى لَنا أَبصارُنا حينَ نَلتَقي

وَتُجلى لَنا أَبصارُنا حينَ نَلتَقي

Ah, would that we went blind whenever we were kept apart,

Ah, if only we were blind when kept apart,

and that our sight were restored whenever we meet.

And our sight were restored to us when we meet.