أُديرُI turn فيamong العائدينthose visiting the sick طرفيmy gaze
أُديرُ في العائدين طرفي
عسىhopefully أرىI see طلعةface الحبيبِthe beloved
عسى أرى طلعة الحبيبِ
I turn my gaze among those visiting me,
I turn my eyes toward those returning,
Hoping to see my beloved's face.
Hoping to see my beloved's arrival.
لاdo not تسألواask (you plural) عنيَabout me الأطِبّاthe physicians
لا تسألوا عنيَ الأطِبّا
فاننيfor indeed I عارفٌknowing طبيبيmy physician
فانني عارفٌ طبيبي
Do not ask the physicians about me,
Do not ask the doctors about me,
For I know my physician.
For I know my remedy.
كأنكمas though you (plural) بيof me يقالit is said هذيthis
كأنكم بي يقال هذي
جنازةfuneral العاشقthe lover الغريبِthe stranger
جنازة العاشق الغريبِ
It is as though you hear it said of me: 'This
As if it's said of me,
is the funeral of the stranger in love.'
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.