بِروحيَ مَن مَضَّني وَنفر

بِروحيَ مَن مَضَّني وَنفر

لهُ مُقلَةٌ عَلَّمتني السَهر

لهُ مُقلَةٌ عَلَّمتني السَهر

My soul for him who tormented me and fled;

With my spirit from the one who parted from me and turned away

his eye has taught me sleeplessness.

He has an eye that taught me sleeplessness

إِذا ما نَظرتُ إلى وجهِه

إِذا ما نَظرتُ إلى وجهِه

رَأَيتُ عَلى كُلِّ خَدٍّ قمر

رَأَيتُ عَلى كُلِّ خَدٍّ قمر

Whenever I look upon his face,

Whenever I look upon his face

I see a moon on each cheek.

I see a moon upon each cheek

غَزالٌ من الأُنسِ قَد هَدَّ حَيلي

غَزالٌ من الأُنسِ قَد هَدَّ حَيلي

وَما تابَ عَن فِعلِهِ وَاِعتَذَر

وَما تابَ عَن فِعلِهِ وَاِعتَذَر

A gazelle among humankind, he has sapped my strength,

A gazelle of intimacy that has confused me

and has neither repented of his deed nor apologized.

And he did not refrain from his deed nor apologized

فَقُلتُ لَهُ يا ظَلمُ كَفاك

فَقُلتُ لَهُ يا ظَلمُ كَفاك

أَما أَنتَ تَعلم ماذا صَدَر

أَما أَنتَ تَعلم ماذا صَدَر

So I said to him, “Cruel one, enough!

So I said to him, enough o oppressor

Do you not know what has happened?”

Do you not know what has happened

فَقالَ وَفي جفنِهِ غمزَةٌ

فَقالَ وَفي جفنِهِ غمزَةٌ

وَلَلهزءِ في مِرشَفيه أَثر

وَلَلهزءِ في مِرشَفيه أَثر

He replied, with a wink of his eye,

So he said, and in his eyelid is a wink

and a trace of mockery on his lips:

And on his upper lip the trace of mockery

إِذا لَم أَكُن عارِفاً كلُّهُ

إِذا لَم أَكُن عارِفاً كلُّهُ

فَعِندي مِن ذاك نِصف الخَبَر

فَعِندي مِن ذاك نِصف الخَبَر

“If I do not know it all,

If I do not know everything

then I know half of that story.”

Then I know half the matter from that

فَفي كَبدي علَّةٌ من جفاهُ

فَفي كَبدي علَّةٌ من جفاهُ

رَآها طَبيبيَ تَحتَ الخَطر

رَآها طَبيبيَ تَحتَ الخَطر

For my liver is ailing from his coldness;

In my liver there is a sickness from his aloofness

my physician found it in peril.

That my doctor saw as dangerous

ملاكٌ وَهل بَعد ذلِكَ ريبٌ

ملاكٌ وَهل بَعد ذلِكَ ريبٌ

بِأَنَّ فُؤادَ الملاكِ حجر

بِأَنَّ فُؤادَ الملاكِ حجر

An angel! And after that, is there any doubt

An angel, and is there any doubt after that

that the angel’s heart is stone?

That the heart of an angel is stone