واكَبِداً أَحرَقَ الهَوى كَبِدي

واكَبِداً أَحرَقَ الهَوى كَبِدي

عيلَ اِصطِباري وَخانَني جَلدي

عيلَ اِصطِباري وَخانَني جَلدي

Alas for my liver! Passion has burned my liver.

My love consumed my liver as flames

My patience is exhausted, and my fortitude has betrayed me.

My patience failed me and my composure betrayed me

كُسيتُ ثَوبَ البِلى لِأَلبِسَهُ

كُسيتُ ثَوبَ البِلى لِأَلبِسَهُ

فَقَد جَفا وَالمَليكَ عَن جَسَدي

فَقَد جَفا وَالمَليكَ عَن جَسَدي

I was clothed in the robe of decay to wear it;

I donned the garment of withering so I may wear it

for, by the Sovereign, it hangs loose from my body.

Yet it was unfaithful and the angel left my body

أَعشَبَ خَدّي مِنَ البُكاءِ وَقَد

أَعشَبَ خَدّي مِنَ البُكاءِ وَقَد

أَورَقَ غُصنُ الهَوى عَلى كَبِدي

أَورَقَ غُصنُ الهَوى عَلى كَبِدي

My cheek has sprouted grass from weeping, and already

My cheeks grew green from weeping, while

the branch of passion has put forth leaves upon my liver.

The branch of passion flourished over my liver

وَطارَ نَومي فَالعَينُ تَندُبُهُ

وَطارَ نَومي فَالعَينُ تَندُبُهُ

وَجداً عَلَيهِ وَعادَني سُهُدي

وَجداً عَلَيهِ وَعادَني سُهُدي

And my sleep has flown away, so my eye mourns it,

My sleep took flight, so my eyes lament it

in anguish over it; and my sleeplessness has visited me.

With heartache for it, and grief has resurged within me

ما أَوجَعَ الحُبَّ لِلقُلوبِ وَما

ما أَوجَعَ الحُبَّ لِلقُلوبِ وَما

أَبكى شَجاهُ لِلأَعيُنِ الجُمُدِ

أَبكى شَجاهُ لِلأَعيُنِ الجُمُدِ

How painful love is to hearts, and how

How excruciating is love for hearts, and how

its sorrow makes even tearless eyes weep!

Its ardour makes eyes shed copious tears

يا أَعدَلَ الناسِ في حُكومَتِها

يا أَعدَلَ الناسِ في حُكومَتِها

جُرتِ عَلَينا في الحُبِّ فَاِقتَصِدي

جُرتِ عَلَينا في الحُبِّ فَاِقتَصِدي

O most just of people in her judgment,

O most just of people in their rule

you have wronged us in love, so be moderate.

Be equitable with me in love, and be moderate

أَسخَنتِ عَيني إِن كانَ هَجرُكِ لا

أَسخَنتِ عَيني إِن كانَ هَجرُكِ لا

يَنفَكُّ في القُربِ مِنكِ وَالبُعُدِ

يَنفَكُّ في القُربِ مِنكِ وَالبُعُدِ

You have brought hot tears to my eye, if your estrangement does not

My eyes grew inflamed, for your abandonment

cease, whether I am near you or far away.

Does not cease, whether you are near or far

إِنّي عَلى هَجرِكُم لَمُنتَظِرٌ

إِنّي عَلى هَجرِكُم لَمُنتَظِرٌ

رَجائِيَ الوَصلَ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

رَجائِيَ الوَصلَ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

Indeed, despite your abandonment, I await

For your estrangement, I shall wait expectantly

the reunion I hope for, until eternity's end.

My hope for reunion until the end of time