لَم يكنِ المَجنونُ في حالةٍ

لَم يكنِ المَجنونُ في حالةٍ

إلّا وَقَد كنتُ كَما كانا

إلّا وَقَد كنتُ كَما كانا

Majnun was never in any state

The madman was not in a state

without my being just as he was.

Except that I was as he was

لكنّهُ باحَ بسرّ الهَوى

لكنّهُ باحَ بسرّ الهَوى

وَإِنّني قَد ذبتُ كِتمانا

وَإِنّني قَد ذبتُ كِتمانا

But he revealed the secret of love,

But he divulged the secret of passion

while I have melted away concealing it.

While I have melted in concealment