وَقَالوا ألفْتَ الكَرَى نُطْفَةً

وَقَالوا ألفْتَ الكَرَى نُطْفَةً

وَبتَّ عَلَى ظَمَإٍ لِلكَرَى

وَبتَّ عَلَى ظَمَإٍ لِلكَرَى

And they said, “You have grown used to a mere drop of sleep,

They said you met misfortune as a drop

and spent the night thirsting for sleep.”

And persisted thirsting after misfortune

فَقُلتُ الهَوَى ضَافَنِي طَاوِياً

فَقُلتُ الهَوَى ضَافَنِي طَاوِياً

إِليَّ المَراحِلَ يَشْكُو السُّرَى

إِليَّ المَراحِلَ يَشْكُو السُّرَى

So I said, “Love came to me as a guest, traversing

I said: passion laid me low

the stages toward me, complaining of travel by night.

To me the stages complain of the secret

فَبَوَّأتُه مُقلَتِي مَنزِلاً

فَبَوَّأتُه مُقلَتِي مَنزِلاً

وَقَدَّمتُ نَوْمِي إِلَيهِ قِرَى

وَقَدَّمتُ نَوْمِي إِلَيهِ قِرَى

So I made my eye his lodging,

So I established it in the corner of my eye

and offered him my sleep as a guest’s fare.”

And offered it my sleep as hospitality