أَدعُو إِليكَ فلا دُعاءٌ يُسْمَعُ

أَدعُو إِليكَ فلا دُعاءٌ يُسْمَعُ

يا مَن يَضُرُّ بِناظِرَيهِ وَيَنْفَعُ

يا مَن يَضُرُّ بِناظِرَيهِ وَيَنْفَعُ

I call to you, but no plea is heard.

I call upon you, but no call is heard,

O you who harm and help with your two eyes.

O you who can harm with your gaze and benefit,

لِلْوَرْدِ حِينٌ ليسَ يطلعُ دُونَهُ

لِلْوَرْدِ حِينٌ ليسَ يطلعُ دُونَهُ

والوَردُ عِنْدَكَ كُلَّ حِينٍ يَطلُعُ

والوَردُ عِنْدَكَ كُلَّ حِينٍ يَطلُعُ

The rose has a season before which it does not bloom,

The rose has a season when it does not bloom,

and with you the rose blooms at every moment.

Yet with you, the rose blooms at all times.

لم تَنْصَدِع كَبِدِي عَلَيْكَ لِضَعْفها

لم تَنْصَدِع كَبِدِي عَلَيْكَ لِضَعْفها

لكِنَّها ذابَتْ فما تَتَصَدَّعُ

لكِنَّها ذابَتْ فما تَتَصَدَّعُ

My liver did not split over you because of its weakness;

My heart did not shatter for you out of weakness,

but it melted, and so it cannot split.

Rather it melted, so it does not shatter.

مَن لي بأَحوَرَ ما يبينُ لسانُهُ

مَن لي بأَحوَرَ ما يبينُ لسانُهُ

خَجلاً وسَيْفُ جُفُونِهِ ما يَقْطَعُ

خَجلاً وسَيْفُ جُفُونِهِ ما يَقْطَعُ

Who will help me with a dark-eyed one whose tongue does not speak clearly

Who do I have with bashful cheeks, whose tongue does not reveal,

out of shyness, while the sword of his eyelids does not cut?

And whose eyelids' swords do not cut?

مَنعَ الكلامَ سِوى إشارَةِ مُقْلَةٍ

مَنعَ الكلامَ سِوى إشارَةِ مُقْلَةٍ

فَبها يُكلِّمُني وَعَنها يَسمَعُ

فَبها يُكلِّمُني وَعَنها يَسمَعُ

He forbade speech except for the gesture of an eye;

Speech is forbidden, except for a wink from a glance,

so through it he speaks to me, and through it he hears.

With it, he speaks to me, and through it, he hears.