لَمdid not يُبقِleave ليfor me مِنّيof myself الهَوىlove بِقِيَّةًa remnant
لَم يُبقِ لي مِنّي الهَوى بِقِيَّةً
أَخشىI fear بِهاwith it المَوتَdeath وَلاand not أَرجوI hope for البَقاsurvival
أَخشى بِها المَوتَ وَلا أَرجو البَقا
Love has left me no remnant of myself
with which to fear death or hope for survival,
وَلاand no يَداًa hand باطِشَةًmighty فَأَتَّقيso I might shield myself
وَلا يَداً باطِشَةً فَأَتَّقي
مِنfrom أَسهُمِarrows الخَطبِcalamity بِهاwith it ماwhat يُتَّقىis guarded against
مِن أَسهُمِ الخَطبِ بِها ما يُتَّقى
nor a mighty hand, that I might shield myself
with it from such arrows of calamity as one guards against.