تنام ومدنفها يسهر

تنام ومدنفها يسهر

وتصبر عنه ولا يصبر

وتصبر عنه ولا يصبر

She sleeps while her lovesick lover stays awake.

She sleeps while he stays up all night

And she can bear being apart from him, but he cannot.

She is patient with him yet he is not

لئن دام هذا وهذا به

لئن دام هذا وهذا به

سيهلك وجداً ولا يشعر

سيهلك وجداً ولا يشعر

If indeed both these states persist in him,

If this continues as is

He will perish from longing without realizing it.

He will perish from agony though unaware