وَيَأمُرُني مَن لا أُطيقُ بِهَجرِها

وَيَأمُرُني مَن لا أُطيقُ بِهَجرِها

وَحَسبي بِهِ لَو كانَ يَنظُرُها حَسبي

وَحَسبي بِهِ لَو كانَ يَنظُرُها حَسبي

And one I cannot bear commands me to forsake her.

He who I cannot bear to be estranged from me commands me,

And he would be enough for me, if he looked upon her—enough for me.

And it would suffice me if he but looked upon her, it would suffice me,

يُشيرُ عَلى جِسمي بِفُرقَةِ قَلبِهِ

يُشيرُ عَلى جِسمي بِفُرقَةِ قَلبِهِ

بَقيتَ كَذا هَل كانَ جِسمٌ بِلا قَلبِ

بَقيتَ كَذا هَل كانَ جِسمٌ بِلا قَلبِ

He counsels my body to part with its heart.

He intimates to my body the separation of his heart.

May you remain thus! Was there ever a body without a heart?

Yet I have remained thus - can a body exist without a heart?

وَإِنّي عَلى الأَيّامِ فيها لَعاتِبٌ

وَإِنّي عَلى الأَيّامِ فيها لَعاتِبٌ

وَحاشا لِذاكَ الوَجهِ مِن أَلَمِ العَتبِ

وَحاشا لِذاكَ الوَجهِ مِن أَلَمِ العَتبِ

And I do reproach the days on her account,

And yet I reproach the days I spend in this state -

And may that face be spared the pain of reproach.

Far be it from that face to feel the pain of rebuke!