قد كان يكفيك ما بالجسم من سقمٍ

قد كان يكفيك ما بالجسم من سقمٍ

لِم زدتني سقماً لا مسَّكَ السهَرُ

لِم زدتني سقماً لا مسَّكَ السهَرُ

The sickness in my body was already enough for you.

The sickness that afflicts your body should suffice

Why have you added to my sickness? May sleeplessness never touch you.

Why then did you add to my malady insomnia's touch?

عين مؤرَّقة والجسم مُحتَبَلٌ

عين مؤرَّقة والجسم مُحتَبَلٌ

والقلب بينهما تخلو به الفِكَرُ

والقلب بينهما تخلو به الفِكَرُ

An eye kept sleepless, and a body ensnared,

My sleepless eye and frail body struggle on

And the heart between them, with which thoughts commune in solitude.

While thoughts oft trouble my weary heart

يا مانعي لذة الدنيا وما رحبت

يا مانعي لذة الدنيا وما رحبت

إني ليقنعني من وجهك النظرُ

إني ليقنعني من وجهك النظرُ

O you who deny me the world's delight, for all its vastness,

O you who denied me worldly pleasures however vast

Indeed, a look at your face is enough to content me.

Just to see your face would make me content