النَّوى نارٌ لِقَلبي أَحرَقَت

النَّوى نارٌ لِقَلبي أَحرَقَت

وَغَرامي قَد نَما في حبِّهِ

وَغَرامي قَد نَما في حبِّهِ

Separation is a fire within my heart, burning it;

Separation is a fire that has burned my heart.

and my ardor has grown in loving him.

And my passion has grown in love for him.

شَققتُ عاذِلَتي فَاِستَشفَعَت

شَققتُ عاذِلَتي فَاِستَشفَعَت

عِندَ حِبِّي في تَنائي صَبِّهِ

عِندَ حِبِّي في تَنائي صَبِّهِ

I wore my reproacher down, so she went to plead

I distressed my reprover, so she sought intercession

with my beloved over his distance from his ardent lover.

With my beloved concerning his lovesick lover's separation.

وَلَهُ قالَت أَزِل نارَ الحَشا

وَلَهُ قالَت أَزِل نارَ الحَشا

قالَ خِلِّي نارُهُ في قَلبِهِ

قالَ خِلِّي نارُهُ في قَلبِهِ

She said to him, “Take away the fire within his breast.”

And she said to him, "Quench the fire within his breast."

He said, “Leave his fire there, within his heart.”

My beloved said, "His fire is in his heart."