أتُرى يَسْلُوا الهوَى ولَهُ

أتُرى يَسْلُوا الهوَى ولَهُ

عِندَ سُكَّان الحِمَى وَلَهُ

عِندَ سُكَّان الحِمَى وَلَهُ

Do you think he can forget love, while he feels

Does anguish still torment his mind

Longing for the dwellers of the sanctuary?

Among the dwellers of the ruins left behind?

مُغرمٌ في قلبهِ حَزَنٌ

مُغرمٌ في قلبهِ حَزَنٌ

فصَّل الهجرانُ مُجْمَلَهُ

فصَّل الهجرانُ مُجْمَلَهُ

He is love-stricken, with sorrow in his heart;

With a heart so full of grief and pain

Separation has unfolded what was condensed in it.

Parted by absence that split them in twain

عَظُمتْ أسقامُه فغدا

عَظُمتْ أسقامُه فغدا

لا يَراه مَنْ تأمَّلَهُ

لا يَراه مَنْ تأمَّلَهُ

His ailments grew grave, so he became

His sickness grew, and he's but a shade

Invisible even to one who looked closely at him.

Of one admired before love did fade

لَو رأى مَن ظَلّ يعذلُه

لَو رأى مَن ظَلّ يعذلُه

وجْهَ مَنْ في الحُب أنحلَهُ

وجْهَ مَنْ في الحُب أنحلَهُ

If the one who kept reproaching him saw

If he who did unjustly blame

The face of the one who made him waste away in love,

Saw whom love devastated, his shame!

قال أمَّا فيك لا حَرَجٌ

قال أمَّا فيك لا حَرَجٌ

إن قضى وجداً يحقَ له

إن قضى وجداً يحقَ له

He would say, 'As for loving you, there is no blame;

"I bear you no ill will," he might say

If he dies of longing, he is justified.'

"If passion has led you astray."