عذابي بعذبِ الذكرِ عذبِ المُقبلِ

عذابي بعذبِ الذكرِ عذبِ المُقبلِ

ومَن سَهمُهُ الريانُ من دَم مَقتلي

ومَن سَهمُهُ الريانُ من دَم مَقتلي

My torment comes from one sweet to remember, sweet to kiss,

My torment tortures with the sweetness of remembrance,

And whose arrow is sated with the blood spilled in my slaying.

And he whose arrow is dripping from my blood of annihilation,

رَمانيَ من عينيهِ بالسقمِ والضَّنى

رَمانيَ من عينيهِ بالسقمِ والضَّنى

فأَجرَاهما في كلٍّ عضوٍ ومفصِلِ

فأَجرَاهما في كلٍّ عضوٍ ومفصِلِ

He shot me from his eyes with sickness and wasting,

He has shot me from his eyes with sickness and melancholy,

Then sent both coursing through every limb and joint.

So they streamed through each limb and joint,

وساوَرَني العُذال فيهِ ولم أجِب

وساوَرَني العُذال فيهِ ولم أجِب

وكيفَ نصيرٌ للكئيبِ المعذَّلِ

وكيفَ نصيرٌ للكئيبِ المعذَّلِ

And the reproachers assailed me over him, and I did not answer.

And blame reproached me through him, and I did not respond,

And how could the sorrowful, reproached man find a helper?

And how can one console the miserable afflicted one?

وغالبَني من دمعِ عينيَّ واكِفٌ

وغالبَني من دمعِ عينيَّ واكِفٌ

جرى منهُ مجرى عبرةِ المتنحلِ

جرى منهُ مجرى عبرةِ المتنحلِ

And a stream of tears from my eyes overwhelmed me,

And the tears of my eyes have overwhelmed me,

Flowing forth like the tears of one wasted away.

Flowing from them like the tears of one in dissolution.