جَرحْتَ فُؤَادَ المُسْتَهام فَداوِهِ

جَرحْتَ فُؤَادَ المُسْتَهام فَداوِهِ

وَماثِلْهُ في حِفْظِ الوِدَادِ وَساوِهِ

وَماثِلْهُ في حِفْظِ الوِدَادِ وَساوِهِ

You wounded the lovesick one's heart; so heal it.

You've wounded the heart of an ardent lover, so heal it,

And match him in preserving affection, and be his equal.

And make him your equal in keeping affection alive.

وَأَوْصِ بِهِ ضَعْفَ الجُفُونِ فَإِنَّهُ

وَأَوْصِ بِهِ ضَعْفَ الجُفُونِ فَإِنَّهُ

يُقاوِي مِنَ العُشّاقِ مَنْ لَم يُقَاوِهِ

يُقاوِي مِنَ العُشّاقِ مَنْ لَم يُقَاوِهِ

And charge your eyelids' languor with his care, for it

Advise the weakness of eyelids, for he is

vies in strength with lovers who have never vied with it.

A solace to lovers whom solace has evaded.

غَريبُ هَوىً يأْوي إلى الوَجْدِ قَلْبُهُ

غَريبُ هَوىً يأْوي إلى الوَجْدِ قَلْبُهُ

فَأَنْزِلْهُ في مَغْنى رِضَاكَ وآوِهِ

فَأَنْزِلْهُ في مَغْنى رِضَاكَ وآوِهِ

An exile in love, his heart takes refuge in yearning.

A stranger to love, his heart seeks tenderness -

So lodge him in the abode of your favor, and shelter him.

So give him comfort in your acceptance, give him shelter.

وَبي مَبْسَمٌ أَلمي فُتِنْتُ بِميمِهِ

وَبي مَبْسَمٌ أَلمي فُتِنْتُ بِميمِهِ

غَراماً وَصُدْغٍ قَدْ فُتِنْتُ بِوَاوِهِ

غَراماً وَصُدْغٍ قَدْ فُتِنْتُ بِوَاوِهِ

And I am smitten with a dark-lipped mouth—its mīm has bewitched me

I have a smiling mouth whose charm has seduced me,

with passion—and with a temple-lock; its wāw has indeed bewitched me.

With passion and cheek I'm seduced by its letter "Waw".