عَصَّبَت رَأسَها فَلَيتَ صُداعاً

عَصَّبَت رَأسَها فَلَيتَ صُداعاً

قَد شَكَتهُ إِليَّ كانَ بِراسي

قَد شَكَتهُ إِليَّ كانَ بِراسي

She bound her head; if only the headache

She tied her headscarf, if only it were a headache

She had complained of to me were in my head.

That she had complained to me of, it would have been bearable

ثُمَّ لا تَشتَكي وَكانَ لَها الأَج

ثُمَّ لا تَشتَكي وَكانَ لَها الأَج

رُ وَكُنتُ السِقامَ عَنها أُقاسي

رُ وَكُنتُ السِقامَ عَنها أُقاسي

Then she would not complain, and hers would be the re-

Then do not complain, though she deserves reward

ward, while I endured the sickness in her stead.

While I was suffering illness from her

ذاكَ حَتّى يَقولَ لي مَن رَآني

ذاكَ حَتّى يَقولَ لي مَن رَآني

هَكَذا يَفعَلُ المُحِبُّ المُواسي

هَكَذا يَفعَلُ المُحِبُّ المُواسي

All this, so that whoever saw me would say to me:

Until someone who saw me would say

“This is how the sympathetic lover acts.”

Thus does the loving comforter act