أُكاتمُ وجدي فما ينكتِم

أُكاتمُ وجدي فما ينكتِم

بمن لو شكوتُ إليه رحِم

بمن لو شكوتُ إليه رحِم

I conceal my passion, yet it will not stay concealed,

I keep my love hidden, though it does not stay concealed

For one who would show mercy if I complained to him.

From one to whom, if I complained, he would show mercy.

وإني على حُسنِ ظنِّي به

وإني على حُسنِ ظنِّي به

لأحذرُ إن بُحتُ أن يحتشم

لأحذرُ إن بُحتُ أن يحتشم

And despite my good opinion of him,

And yet, because of my good opinion of him,

I do fear that, if I confess, he may feel embarrassed.

I take care, if I speak openly, that he will be too shy.

ولي عند لحظته روعَةٌ

ولي عند لحظته روعَةٌ

تُحقِّق ما ظنَّه المتهم

تُحقِّق ما ظنَّه المتهم

And at his glance a fright seizes me,

In his glance there is a feeling for me

Confirming what the suspicious observer thought.

That proves the suspicions of the slanderer.

وقد علم الناسُ أني له

وقد علم الناسُ أني له

محبٌّ وأحسبه قد علم

محبٌّ وأحسبه قد علم

And people have learned that I am his

People know that I love him,

Lover—and I think he already knows.

And I believe he knows it too.

وإني لمغضٍ على لوعةٍ

وإني لمغضٍ على لوعةٍ

من الشوق في كبدي تضطرم

من الشوق في كبدي تضطرم

And with lowered eyes I bore an anguish

Yet I angrily suppress the pains

Of longing that blazed in my liver,

Of longing that flare up in my liver.

عشيةَ ودعتُ عن مقلةٍ

عشيةَ ودعتُ عن مقلةٍ

سفوحٍ وزفرةِ قلبٍ سدم

سفوحٍ وزفرةِ قلبٍ سدم

On the evening I bade farewell with an eye

One evening I bid farewell at a refuse heap

Streaming tears, and the sigh of a grief-stricken heart.

To plains and to the sighs of a heart tightly closed.

فما كان عند النوى مسعدٌ

فما كان عند النوى مسعدٌ

سوى الدمع يغسلُ طرفاً كلم

سوى الدمع يغسلُ طرفاً كلم

So at parting there was no comforter

There was none to wish us well at the halt

Save tears washing a wounded eye.

Except tears washing an eyelid held stiff.

سيذكرُ من بانَ أوطانه

سيذكرُ من بانَ أوطانه

ويبكي المقيمين من لم يُقم

ويبكي المقيمين من لم يُقم

Whoever has departed will remember his homelands,

He will remember one who left his homelands

And whoever did not stay will weep for those who remain.

And weep for those who did not depart.