تملّكتم عقلي وطرفي ومسمعي

تملّكتم عقلي وطرفي ومسمعي

وروحي وأحشائي وكلّي بأجمعي

وروحي وأحشائي وكلّي بأجمعي

You took possession of my mind, my gaze, and my hearing,

You have possessed my mind, my gaze, and my hearing,

And my soul, my inward parts, and all of me, entirely.

My soul, my insides, and all of me entirely.

وتيهّتموني في بديعِ جمالكم

وتيهّتموني في بديعِ جمالكم

فلمْ أدرِ في بحر الهوى أين موضعي

فلمْ أدرِ في بحر الهوى أين موضعي

And you left me lost in your wondrous beauty,

You have confused me in the splendor of your beauty,

So I did not know where I was in the sea of love.

So I do not know, in the sea of passion, where is my place.

وأوصيتموني لا أبوحُ بسرِّكم

وأوصيتموني لا أبوحُ بسرِّكم

فباحَ بما أُخفي تفيُّض أدمعي

فباحَ بما أُخفي تفيُّض أدمعي

And you instructed me not to reveal your secret,

And you have commanded me not to reveal your secret,

But the overflow of my tears revealed what I concealed.

So my overflowing tears betray what I conceal.

فلما فنى صبري وقلَّ تجلّدي

فلما فنى صبري وقلَّ تجلّدي

وفارقني نومي وحرمت مضجعي

وفارقني نومي وحرمت مضجعي

Then, when my patience was exhausted and my fortitude waned,

When my patience was spent and my endurance thin,

And sleep forsook me, and I was denied my bed,

And sleep left me and my bed was deprived,

شكيت لقاضي الحبِّ قلتُ أحبتي

شكيت لقاضي الحبِّ قلتُ أحبتي

جفوني وقالوا أنت في الحب مُدّع

جفوني وقالوا أنت في الحب مُدّع

I complained to the judge of love, saying, “My beloveds

I complained to the judge of love, and said "my loves

Have shunned me and said, ‘You are a pretender in love.’”

Have abandoned me," and they said "you pretend love."

وعندي شهودٌ بالصبابة والأسى

وعندي شهودٌ بالصبابة والأسى

يزكّون دعوايَ إذا جئت أدعي

يزكّون دعوايَ إذا جئت أدعي

And I have witnesses to my ardent love and sorrow,

Yet I have witnesses of melancholy and sorrow

Who corroborate my claim whenever I come to plead:

To support my claim when I come to profess.

سُهادي وشوقي واكتئابي ولوعتي

سُهادي وشوقي واكتئابي ولوعتي

ووجدي وسقمي واصفراري وأدمعي

ووجدي وسقمي واصفراري وأدمعي

My sleeplessness, my longing, my dejection, and my burning anguish,

My wakefulness, longing, gloom, agony and ardour,

And my passion, my sickness, my pallor, and my tears.

My fervour, my illness, my pallor and my tears.

ومن عجب أني أحنُّ إليهم

ومن عجب أني أحنُّ إليهم

وأسأل شوقاً عنهم وهمُ معي

وأسأل شوقاً عنهم وهمُ معي

And it is a wonder that I yearn for them,

How strange that I yearn for them

And longingly ask after them, though they are with me.

And ask longingly about them when they are with me!

وتبكي دماً عيني وهم في سوادها

وتبكي دماً عيني وهم في سوادها

ويشكو النوى قلبي وهم بين أضلعي

ويشكو النوى قلبي وهم بين أضلعي

And my eye weeps blood, though they are in its dark pupil,

My eyes shed blood while they are in their darkness

And my heart laments separation, though they are between my ribs.

And my heart complains though they are between my ribs.