دَعْهُمْ يقولوا فَبي فوقَ الذي قالوا

دَعْهُمْ يقولوا فَبي فوقَ الذي قالوا

سقمٌ وسهدٌ ودمعٌ فيكَ همّالُ

سقمٌ وسهدٌ ودمعٌ فيكَ همّالُ

Let them speak; what is in me exceeds what they have said:

Let them say what they will of me, for I am exalted above their saying,

Sickness, sleeplessness, and tears pouring forth for you.

Sick, sleepless, with tears for you ever flowing down my cheeks.

يا من أَفَندُّ جهلاً في محبّتِهِ

يا من أَفَندُّ جهلاً في محبّتِهِ

ما لي عليك سوى الحساد عُذّالُ

ما لي عليك سوى الحساد عُذّالُ

O you, in loving whom I am called foolish out of ignorance,

O you whom ignorance makes all the more enchanting in your loveliness,

None reproach me for loving you except the envious.

I have none but envious men to blame you - may they have no peace!

ما حرّكوا بملامي منهمُ شفَةٌ

ما حرّكوا بملامي منهمُ شفَةٌ

إلاَّ وزادوا غرامي فيكَ لا زَالوا

إلاَّ وزادوا غرامي فيكَ لا زَالوا

Not one of them has moved a lip to reproach me

My reproachers move no lip against me but to increase my love for you;

Without increasing my passion for you—may they never cease!

May it never diminish, try as they will!