مَن كانَ لَم يَرَ فِعلَ الحُبِّ في بَدَني

مَن كانَ لَم يَرَ فِعلَ الحُبِّ في بَدَني

فَليَأتِني يَرَ مِن آثارِهِ عَجَبا

فَليَأتِني يَرَ مِن آثارِهِ عَجَبا

Whoever has not seen love's effect on my body,

Who has not seen love's work within my flesh

Let him come to me and see a wonder among its traces.

Let him come see its wondrous traces plain

كَيفَ اِحتِيالي لِإِنسانٍ بُليتُ بِهِ

كَيفَ اِحتِيالي لِإِنسانٍ بُليتُ بِهِ

يَجني الذُنوبَ فَإِن عاتَبتُهُ غَضِبا

يَجني الذُنوبَ فَإِن عاتَبتُهُ غَضِبا

How can I deal with someone I am afflicted with,

How can I scheme against a man for whom

Who commits sins, then grows angry if I reproach him?

I've been afflicted, though he reaps all blame?

يَهوى خِلافي فَلَو أَنّي أُكَلِفُهُ

يَهوى خِلافي فَلَو أَنّي أُكَلِفُهُ

عَلى الظَمّا مِنهُ شُربَ الماءِ ما شَرِبا

عَلى الظَمّا مِنهُ شُربَ الماءِ ما شَرِبا

He loves opposing me; so if I were to bid him

He desires my contrary, so if I tasked him

To drink water even when thirsty, he would not drink.

To drink poison, he would not abstain

أَبكي ظَلومَ وَأَبكي ما فُجِعتُ بِهِ

أَبكي ظَلومَ وَأَبكي ما فُجِعتُ بِهِ

مِنها وَأَبكي عَلى قَلبي الَّذي ذَهَبا

مِنها وَأَبكي عَلى قَلبي الَّذي ذَهَبا

I weep for Ẓalūm, and I weep for what I have suffered

I weep for one who's wronged me, and I weep

Because of her, and I weep for my heart, which is gone.

For what has caused me grief, and for my heart gone astray