أَرَقتُ وَعادَني هَمٌّ جَديدُ

أَرَقتُ وَعادَني هَمٌّ جَديدُ

فَجِسمي لِلهَوى نِضوٌ بَليدُ

فَجِسمي لِلهَوى نِضوٌ بَليدُ

I lay sleepless, and a new grief visited me.

I was sleepless, and a new worry returned to me,

So my body is wasted and listless from love.

So my body toward passion is numb and weary.

أُراعي الفَرقَدَينِ مَعَ الثُرَيّا

أُراعي الفَرقَدَينِ مَعَ الثُرَيّا

كَذاكَ الحُبُّ أَهوَنُهُ شَديدُ

كَذاكَ الحُبُّ أَهوَنُهُ شَديدُ

I watch the two Farqad stars along with the Pleiades.

I stay up with the two eyelids and Pleiades,

Such is love: even its mildest is severe.

For love - its hardest is most severe.

عَلِقتُ مَليحَةَ الخَدَّينِ وَرداً

عَلِقتُ مَليحَةَ الخَدَّينِ وَرداً

تُشابِه حُسنَ مَطلَعِها السُعودُ

تُشابِه حُسنَ مَطلَعِها السُعودُ

I fell in love with a rosy-cheeked beauty.

I compared the cheeks of a beautiful one to a rose,

The Suʿūd stars resemble the beauty of her rising.

Resembling the beauty of its rising in the morning.

أَهيمُ بِذِكرِها وَأَظَلُّ صَبّاً

أَهيمُ بِذِكرِها وَأَظَلُّ صَبّاً

وَعَيني بِالدُموعِ لَها تَجودُ

وَعَيني بِالدُموعِ لَها تَجودُ

I am maddened by thoughts of her and remain lovesick.

I rave with her memory and remain lovesick,

And my eye freely sheds tears for her.

And my eyes for her shed flowing tears.

أَلا يا لَيتَ لَحدَكِ كانَ لَحدي

أَلا يا لَيتَ لَحدَكِ كانَ لَحدي

إِذا ضَمَّت جَنائِزَنا اللَحودُ

إِذا ضَمَّت جَنائِزَنا اللَحودُ

Oh, if only your grave were mine,

Oh, if only your grave could be my grave,

When the graves embrace our bodies.

When our corpses are gathered by the shrouds!