يا مُسقِمي بِجُفونِ سَقمها سَبَب

يا مُسقِمي بِجُفونِ سَقمها سَبَب

إِلى مُواصَلَةِ الأَسقامِ في جَسَدي

إِلى مُواصَلَةِ الأَسقامِ في جَسَدي

O you who sicken me with eyelids whose languor is a cause

O my sickly one, with eyelids whose illness

of continuing ailments in my body.

Has caused more sickness to spread through my body,

وَحَقّ جَفنَيكَ لا اِستَعفَيتَ مِن كَمِدي

وَحَقّ جَفنَيكَ لا اِستَعفَيتَ مِن كَمِدي

دَهري وَلَو مُتُّ مِن هَمٍّ وَمِن كَمَدِ

دَهري وَلَو مُتُّ مِن هَمٍّ وَمِن كَمَدِ

And by your two eyelids, may you never seek release from my anguish

By your eyelids’ right, if only you could be excused from my suffering -

throughout my life, even if I die of worry and grief.

Even if I were to die of grief and suppression -

عَذَرتُ مِن ظَلَّ في حَبيِكَ يِحسدني

عَذَرتُ مِن ظَلَّ في حَبيِكَ يِحسدني

لِأَنَّهُ فيكَ مَعذورٌ عَلى حَسَدي

لِأَنَّهُ فيكَ مَعذورٌ عَلى حَسَدي

I forgave whoever kept envying me for loving you,

I would pardon the shadow of envy in your love for me

because, where you are concerned, he is excused for envying me.

For in you, envy of me is pardonable.