وَليand I have كَبِدٌa liver لاnot يُصلِحُcures الطِبُّmedicine سُقمَهاits sickness
وَلي كَبِدٌ لا يُصلِحُ الطِبُّ سُقمَها
مِنَfrom الوَجدِlove’s anguish لاnot تَنفَكُّceases to be دامِيَةٌbleeding حَرّىburning hot
مِنَ الوَجدِ لا تَنفَكُّ دامِيَةٌ حَرّى
And I have a liver whose sickness medicine cannot cure;
My heart is sick beyond the doctor's cure,
from love’s anguish, it is ever bleeding and burning.
Forever burning with desire's fire.
فَياso, oh لَيتَwould that شِعريmy knowledge وَالظُنونُand conjectures كَثيرَةٌare many
فَيا لَيتَ شِعري وَالظُنونُ كَثيرَةٌ
أَيَشعُرُis he aware? بيof me مَنthe one who بِتُّI spent the night أَرعىI watch لَهُfor him الشِعرىSirius
أَيَشعُرُ بي مَن بِتُّ أَرعى لَهُ الشِعرى
So, would that I knew—and conjectures are many—
I wonder - though guesses crowd my mind -
is the one for whose sake I spent the night watching Sirius aware of me?
If she who inspired my verse thinks of me yet.