قَد فَنِيَت في هَواكُمُ عُدَدي

قَد فَنِيَت في هَواكُمُ عُدَدي

عَنِ اِصطِباري وَخانَني جَلَدي

عَنِ اِصطِباري وَخانَني جَلَدي

My love for you has exhausted my resources

My endurance for your love has vanished

for patient endurance, and my fortitude has betrayed me.

My patience betrayed me and my resolve weakened

وَأَنكَرَت عَيني الرُقادَ فَما

وَأَنكَرَت عَيني الرُقادَ فَما

تَعرِفُ غَيرَ الدُموعِ وَالسَهَدِ

تَعرِفُ غَيرَ الدُموعِ وَالسَهَدِ

My eye has rejected sleep, and does not

My eyes denied sleep, so they know naught

know anything but tears and sleeplessness.

But tears and wakefulness

يا جامِعَ الهَجرِ وَالفِراقِ مَعاً

يا جامِعَ الهَجرِ وَالفِراقِ مَعاً

عَلى مُحِبٍّ بِالشَوقِ مُنفَرِدِ

عَلى مُحِبٍّ بِالشَوقِ مُنفَرِدِ

O you who bring abandonment and separation together

O you who combined separation and parting

upon a lover alone with longing,

Upon a lover isolated in yearning

لا تَلقَ بَعدي عَلى جَفائِكَ ما

لا تَلقَ بَعدي عَلى جَفائِكَ ما

لَقيتُهُ مِن ضَنىً وَمِن كَمَدِ

لَقيتُهُ مِن ضَنىً وَمِن كَمَدِ

may you never suffer after me, despite your cruelty, what

Do not, after me, face from your disdain

I have suffered of wasting illness and anguish.

What I faced of misery and anguish

أَغراكَ بِالفَتكِ أَنَّ مِن شَرعَ

أَغراكَ بِالفَتكِ أَنَّ مِن شَرعَ

الغَرامَ لَم يَقضِ فيهِ بِالقَوَدِ

الغَرامَ لَم يَقضِ فيهِ بِالقَوَدِ

What emboldened you to kill was that the one who ordained

Did recklessness delude you that one

love decreed no life-for-life retribution within it,

Who loved was not sentenced to death?

وَأَنَّني في هَواكَ مُعتَرِفٌ

وَأَنَّني في هَواكَ مُعتَرِفٌ

بِأَنَّ عَيني الَّتي جَنَت وَيَدي

بِأَنَّ عَيني الَّتي جَنَت وَيَدي

and that, in my love for you, I confess

And that I, in loving you, confess

that my eye was the offender, and my hand too.

My eyes have sinned, and my hands

أَقامَ لي خَدُّكَ الدَليلَ بِما

أَقامَ لي خَدُّكَ الدَليلَ بِما

ضَرَّمَهُ مِن جَوىً عَلى كَبِدي

ضَرَّمَهُ مِن جَوىً عَلى كَبِدي

Your cheek has given me proof through what

Your cheek provided proof against me

it kindled of love's fire upon my liver:

Branded, from intimacy, upon my core

إِنَّ مَرايا الإِحراقِ تُحرِقُ ما

إِنَّ مَرايا الإِحراقِ تُحرِقُ ما

قابَلَهُ نورُها مِنَ البُعُدِ

قابَلَهُ نورُها مِنَ البُعُدِ

indeed, burning mirrors burn whatever

Verily, mirrors that burn scorch whatever

their light strikes from afar.

Their lights faced from afar

أَما وَطَرفٍ يُصمى الخَلِيُّ بِهِ

أَما وَطَرفٍ يُصمى الخَلِيُّ بِهِ

سِهامُهُ لِلقُلوبِ بِالرَصَدِ

سِهامُهُ لِلقُلوبِ بِالرَصَدِ

I swear by a gaze that strikes the carefree dead,

By a glance that pierces hearts stealthily

its arrows lying in ambush for hearts,

With arrows at the ready to strike

وَعارِضٍ مُذ عَلِقتُهُ عَرَضاً

وَعارِضٍ مُذ عَلِقتُهُ عَرَضاً

عَرَّضتُ قَلبي لِلهَمِّ وَالكَمَدِ

عَرَّضتُ قَلبي لِلهَمِّ وَالكَمَدِ

and by a downy cheek—since I chanced to love it,

And a cheek, since I beheld it

I have exposed my heart to worry and anguish:

I exposed my heart to concerns and distress

لَو لَم يَكُن مُؤذِناً بِحَربي ما

لَو لَم يَكُن مُؤذِناً بِحَربي ما

قابَلَني وَهوَ لابِسُ الزَرَدِ

قابَلَني وَهوَ لابِسُ الزَرَدِ

were it not declaring war against me, it would not

Had it not proclaimed my war, it would not

have faced me clad in chain mail;

Have faced me wearing armor

وَالثَغرِ كَاللُؤلَؤِ النَظيمِ وَإِن

وَالثَغرِ كَاللُؤلَؤِ النَظيمِ وَإِن

غادَرَ دَمعي كَاللُؤلُؤِ البَدَدِ

غادَرَ دَمعي كَاللُؤلُؤِ البَدَدِ

and by a mouth like pearls strung together, though

With lips like strung pearls, though

it left my tears like pearls scattered loose:

My tears deserted like scattered pearls

رَشَفتُ مِنهُ فَأَيُّ حَرِّ جَوىً

رَشَفتُ مِنهُ فَأَيُّ حَرِّ جَوىً

أَعقَبَني رَشفُ ذَلِكَ البَرَدِ

أَعقَبَني رَشفُ ذَلِكَ البَرَدِ

I sipped from it—what heat of burning longing

I sipped from them, so what burning anguish

the sipping of that hail brought upon me!

Followed my sipping that cold drink?

إِنَّكَ مَع قُوَّةٍ عُرِفتَ بِها

إِنَّكَ مَع قُوَّةٍ عُرِفتَ بِها

أَكثَرُ ثَبتاً مِنّي عَلى جَسَدي

أَكثَرُ ثَبتاً مِنّي عَلى جَسَدي

Indeed, you, with the strength for which you are known,

You're known for a strength, thereby

have a firmer hold on my body than I do.

Proven more steadfast upon my frame