أَمّا الَّذي يُخفي الفُؤادُ فَأَكبَرُ

أَمّا الَّذي يُخفي الفُؤادُ فَأَكبَرُ

مَمّا أَقولُ لَهُ وَمِمّا يَظهَرُ

مَمّا أَقولُ لَهُ وَمِمّا يَظهَرُ

As for what the heart conceals, it is greater

The one whose heart conceals is far greater

than what I say to him, and than what appears.

Than what I say to him or what appears

لا حيلةٌ في ذُلِّ دَمعيَ فيكُمُ

لا حيلةٌ في ذُلِّ دَمعيَ فيكُمُ

عَهدي بِهِ مِن قبلكم يَتكَبَّرُ

عَهدي بِهِ مِن قبلكم يَتكَبَّرُ

There is no remedy for the abasement of my tears over you;

No use in my tear's disgrace upon you

before you, I knew them to be proud.

My pact with you before still perseveres

واللَّه لا بَرِحَت سُيوفُ جُفونِكُم

واللَّه لا بَرِحَت سُيوفُ جُفونِكُم

حتّى يَفيضَ مِنَ الجُفونِ الأَحمَرُ

حتّى يَفيضَ مِنَ الجُفونِ الأَحمَرُ

By God, may the swords of your eyelids not relent

By God, your eyelids' swords won't cease

until red blood overflows from the eyelids.

Until the red oozes from the eyes' frontiers

لا يَحسَبُ العذَّالُ أَنِّيَ مُفرداً

لا يَحسَبُ العذَّالُ أَنِّيَ مُفرداً

أَلقاهُمُ فالحسنُ فيهِ عَسكَرُ

أَلقاهُمُ فالحسنُ فيهِ عَسكَرُ

Let not the reproachers think that I, alone,

The blamer thinks I'm alone, abandoned

face them—for beauty has an army within it.

Yet in beauty lies my mighty spear

ولَقَد نَجوتُ وللأَخامِصِ مِنهُمُ

ولَقَد نَجوتُ وللأَخامِصِ مِنهُمُ

خلفِي العثارُ وللوُجُوهِ العِثيَرُ

خلفِي العثارُ وللوُجُوهِ العِثيَرُ

And indeed I escaped, while the arches of their feet

I survived, though the brave's feet stumbled

stumbled behind me, and their faces met the dust.

Behind me, and the faces muddied in smear