قالَت وَفؤادُ صَبِّها مَسلوبُ

قالَت وَفؤادُ صَبِّها مَسلوبُ

وَالصَبرُ لصدمة الهَوى مَغلوبُ

وَالصَبرُ لصدمة الهَوى مَغلوبُ

She said, her ardent lover’s heart stolen away,

She said, while her heart's passion was stolen away,

and patience overcome by the shock of love:

And patience, to the shock of love, had yielded the day:

دَع رَشفَ فَمي ولا تَكُن في ضيقٍ

دَع رَشفَ فَمي ولا تَكُن في ضيقٍ

دَع رِد في ذا قَد عَظُمَ المَطلوبُ

دَع رِد في ذا قَد عَظُمَ المَطلوبُ

“Leave off sipping my mouth, and do not be distressed;

"Leave my lips alone, and seek not to stop my tears;

leave it; approach—in this, what is sought has grown great.”

For he whom I love has far, far away disappeared."