أَلا إِنَّ حُبّاً مِن سُكَينَةَ لَم يَزَل

أَلا إِنَّ حُبّاً مِن سُكَينَةَ لَم يَزَل

لَهُ سَقَمٌ تَحتَ الشَراسيفِ جانِحُ

لَهُ سَقَمٌ تَحتَ الشَراسيفِ جانِحُ

Lo, a love for Sukayna has always

Indeed, a love from serenity has never ceased

had a sickness lodged beneath the lower ribs.

To have a sickness beneath the ribs, lurking

يَكادُ إِذا ما لاحَ أَو ذُكِرَت لَهُ

يَكادُ إِذا ما لاحَ أَو ذُكِرَت لَهُ

تَقَضقَضُ مِنهُ في حَشاهُ الجَوانِحُ

تَقَضقَضُ مِنهُ في حَشاهُ الجَوانِحُ

Whenever it appears, or she is mentioned to him, it almost

It nearly, when it appears or is mentioned,

makes the ribs within his breast crack apart.

Convulses within its chest the sides