لَقَد شَكَت لا شَكَت برداً فقلت لها

لَقَد شَكَت لا شَكَت برداً فقلت لها

روحي فدى ذلك الجسم الَّذي بردا

روحي فدى ذلك الجسم الَّذي بردا

Indeed, she complained of cold—may she never have cause to complain—so I said to her:

She complained of cold, so I said to her,

My soul be ransom for that body grown cold.

My soul I'd give for that body made cold.

ان كنتِ تشكين من بردٍ فهئَنَذا

ان كنتِ تشكين من بردٍ فهئَنَذا

اشكو من الحرِّ حرِّ الشوق متَّقدا

اشكو من الحرِّ حرِّ الشوق متَّقدا

If you are complaining of cold, then here I am,

If you complain of coolness, here am I,

Burning, I complain of heat—the heat of longing.

Complaining of the fires of love ablaze.

يا لَيتَ يُمزَجُ جسمانا فَيَعتَدلا

يا لَيتَ يُمزَجُ جسمانا فَيَعتَدلا

حرّا وبرداً الى ان يُصحبا جسدا

حرّا وبرداً الى ان يُصحبا جسدا

Would that our two bodies were blended and found balance

Would that our bodies were mixed, and so

In heat and cold, until they were joined as one body,

Shared heat and cold, until both joined in one,

وَيُمسيا مثل روحَينا قد ائتَلفا

وَيُمسيا مثل روحَينا قد ائتَلفا

وَيَغدوا مثل قَلبينا قد اتَّحدا

وَيَغدوا مثل قَلبينا قد اتَّحدا

And in the evening were like our two souls, already in harmony,

And they became as our souls combined,

And in the morning were like our two hearts, already united.

And in the morn appeared as hearts made one.