لأخرجن من الدنيا بحسرةِ من

لأخرجن من الدنيا بحسرةِ من

أقضي ولم تقضِ منهُ مُهجتي وطَرا

أقضي ولم تقضِ منهُ مُهجتي وطَرا

I shall surely leave this world grieving for the one

I will depart from this world with regret

For whom I die, though my heart has not had its fill of him.

Having lived without fulfilling my passions and desires

فقد نظرتُ إلى نفسي معلقةً

فقد نظرتُ إلى نفسي معلقةً

بينَ الحَشا يتمنَّى طرُفها النَّظرا

بينَ الحَشا يتمنَّى طرُفها النَّظرا

For I have seen my soul suspended

For I have seen myself suspended

Within the breast, its eye yearning to look.

Between hope and longing, wishing for a glimpse

بدوتُ في بدنٍ ضاقَت مفاصلُهُ

بدوتُ في بدنٍ ضاقَت مفاصلُهُ

بالوَجدِ ذَرعاً وأخفى ذاكَ ما قدرا

بالوَجدِ ذَرعاً وأخفى ذاكَ ما قدرا

I appeared in a body whose joints were strained

I appeared in a body whose joints

Beyond endurance by passion, and it hid that as best it could.

Tightened with anguish, concealing what was ordained

فاستنطقَ الشوقُ طرفاً لا يرى فرجاً

فاستنطقَ الشوقُ طرفاً لا يرى فرجاً

سوى الحبيبِ فأذرَى الدمعَ واعتذرا

سوى الحبيبِ فأذرَى الدمعَ واعتذرا

So longing made an eye speak that saw no relief

So yearning invoked a gaze that saw no relief

Save in the beloved; it shed tears and apologized.

Except in the beloved, shedding tears in apology