جانَبتُ أَطيَبَ لِذَّتي وَشَرابي

جانَبتُ أَطيَبَ لِذَّتي وَشَرابي

وَهَجَرتُ بَعدَكَ عامِداً أَصحابي

وَهَجَرتُ بَعدَكَ عامِداً أَصحابي

I have forsaken my sweetest pleasure and my drink,

I have abandoned the sweetest of my joys and drink

And after you, I deliberately abandoned my companions.

And after you left, willingly, my friends too

فَإِذا كَتَبتُ لِكَي أُنَزِّهَ ناظِري

فَإِذا كَتَبتُ لِكَي أُنَزِّهَ ناظِري

في حُسنِ لَفظِكَ لَم تَجُد بِجَوابِ

في حُسنِ لَفظِكَ لَم تَجُد بِجَوابِ

So when I write to delight my eyes

So if I wrote to glorify my watcher’s eyes

In the beauty of your words, you grant no reply.

With the beauty of your words, I’d find no answer

إِن كُنتَ تُنكِرُ ذِلَّتي وَتَذّلُّلي

إِن كُنتَ تُنكِرُ ذِلَّتي وَتَذّلُّلي

وَنُحولَ جِسمي وَاِمتِدادَ عَذابي

وَنُحولَ جِسمي وَاِمتِدادَ عَذابي

If you deny my humiliation and my self-abasement,

If you deny my humiliation and fawning

And my body's wasting and the length of my torment,

And the wasting of my body and prolonging of my torment

فَاِنظُر إِلى بَدَني الَّذي موَّهتُهُ

فَاِنظُر إِلى بَدَني الَّذي موَّهتُهُ

لِلنّاظِرينَ بِكَثرَةِ الأَثوابِ

لِلنّاظِرينَ بِكَثرَةِ الأَثوابِ

Then look at my body, which I have disguised

Then look upon this body I have clothed

With many garments in the eyes of onlookers.

To the viewers, in many robes