دعاه ثم اكتوى علي كبده

دعاه ثم اكتوى علي كبده

وأن من شوقه ومن كمده

وأن من شوقه ومن كمده

He called to him, then his liver was seared,

He called him, then yearned for him with all his heart

and he groaned from his longing and his grief.

And that his longing and his anguish for him

لم تبق أحزانه لمقلته

لم تبق أحزانه لمقلته

دمعاً فيبكي به على جسده

دمعاً فيبكي به على جسده

His sorrows have left his eye without

Left no sorrows for his eyelids

tears to weep with over his body,

Tears to cry with over his body

من مبلغ الشوق فيه غايته

من مبلغ الشوق فيه غايته

شوقاً إلى من فؤاده بيده

شوقاً إلى من فؤاده بيده

because longing within him has reached its utmost—

From the utmost longing in him

longing for the one who holds his heart in his hand.

Yearning for the one whose heart was in his hand

فليله ليلة الأسير كما

فليله ليلة الأسير كما

يبيت يخشاه في صباح غده

يبيت يخشاه في صباح غده

So his night is a captive's night, as

So his night was the night of the captive

he spends the night dreading him at tomorrow's dawn.

Who sleeps fearing the morning of tomorrow