يا ربِّ ماذا جَنت عَيني على بدَني

يا ربِّ ماذا جَنت عَيني على بدَني

من السقامِ فليتَ العينَ لم تكنِ

من السقامِ فليتَ العينَ لم تكنِ

O Lord, what has my eye inflicted upon my body

O Lord, what have my eyes brought upon my body

Of sickness! Would that the eye had never existed.

Of sickness, if only the eyes had not existed

لم تذهبِ النفس إلا عندَ لحظتها

لم تذهبِ النفس إلا عندَ لحظتها

وحسبُها أن ترى المملوكَ يملكُني

وحسبُها أن ترى المملوكَ يملكُني

My soul departed only at its glance,

The soul would not have gone except at its glance

And seeing the slave possess me is enough for it.

It is enough for it to see the owned possesses me

جسمي وَروحيَ مقرونانِ في قرنٍ

جسمي وَروحيَ مقرونانِ في قرنٍ

موكَّلانِ بطولِ السقمِ والحَزنِ

موكَّلانِ بطولِ السقمِ والحَزنِ

My body and my soul are bound together in one tether,

My body and my soul tied in shackles

Consigned to prolonged sickness and sorrow,

Assigned with prolonged illness and grief

متيمانِ ببدرٍ كلهُ بدعٌ

متيمانِ ببدرٍ كلهُ بدعٌ

يا ربِّ خُذ لهما من وجههِ الحَسَنِ

يا ربِّ خُذ لهما من وجههِ الحَسَنِ

Both lovesick for a full moon, wondrous in every part.

Enamored with a full moon that is all innovation

O Lord, exact redress for them both from his handsome face.

O Lord, take for them from His beautiful face