وجمرةِ حبٍّ بتُّ أُصلى سعيرَها

وجمرةِ حبٍّ بتُّ أُصلى سعيرَها

لها حرقةٌ بين اللها والحيازمِ

لها حرقةٌ بين اللها والحيازمِ

And an ember of love—I spent the night scorched by its blaze;

The embers of a passionate love I used to tend and pray

It has a burning ache between the uvula and the chest.

It burned within my very soul from night through to the day

وغماءُ مِنْ وجدٍ قديمٍ كشفتها

وغماءُ مِنْ وجدٍ قديمٍ كشفتها

بصبرِ بصيرٍ بالعواقب حازم

بصبرِ بصيرٍ بالعواقب حازم

And anguish from an old passion I dispelled

From longstanding sorrows long concealed its veil stripped bare

With the patience of one resolute and clear-sighted about consequences.

With wise forbearance and patient wisdom hope held sway

فلا تعجبي إمّا قطعتُ علاقتي

فلا تعجبي إمّا قطعتُ علاقتي

بطوعي ولم أقرعْ لها سنَّ نادم

بطوعي ولم أقرعْ لها سنَّ نادم

So do not be surprised if I have severed my attachment

So wonder not that I have ended what between us lay

Of my own will, without gnashing my teeth in regret over it.

By choice, though no vindictive soul bid our love fray

فصرفيَ عنك النفسَ ما تعلمينه

فصرفيَ عنك النفسَ ما تعلمينه

عزيزٌ عليها بعد طولِ التلازم

عزيزٌ عليها بعد طولِ التلازم

For turning my soul away from you, as you know,

Turn from yourself what you now know cannot hold sway

Is hard on it after such long companionship.

Though once to me its comfort was my mainstay

ولكنْ بدا لي منك ما لا أطيقه

ولكنْ بدا لي منك ما لا أطيقه

وإنْ كنت فرداً باحتمال العظائم

وإنْ كنت فرداً باحتمال العظائم

But I have seen in you what I cannot bear,

For from you came what I could not bear, though mighty I

Even though I am unmatched in bearing great hardships.

With strength to endure life's heaviest weights unflinching by