لَمّا نأيتَ نأى الكرى عَن ناظِري

لَمّا نأيتَ نأى الكرى عَن ناظِري

وَصرفته لَمّا انصرفتَ عَلَيهِ

وَصرفته لَمّا انصرفتَ عَلَيهِ

When you went away, sleep left my eye;

When you went away, my eyes lost sight of all

And you drove it away when you turned back toward it.

And when you turned from me, they turned with you

طلبَ البَشيرُ بِشارَةً يُجزى بِها

طلبَ البَشيرُ بِشارَةً يُجزى بِها

فوَهَبتُ قَلبي واِعتَذَرتُ إِلَيهِ

فوَهَبتُ قَلبي واِعتَذَرتُ إِلَيهِ

The bearer of glad tidings asked for a gift as his reward;

The harbinger sought glad tidings to reward him

So I gave him my heart and apologized to him.

But I gave him my heart and begged his pardon