دنا عائدي مني وقد خارت القوى

دنا عائدي مني وقد خارت القوى

يقول تداوى يا صريع الغرام أو

يقول تداوى يا صريع الغرام أو

My visitor drew near me, and my strength had already failed.

My strength has waned, and yet desire returns anew,

He says, “Seek a cure, O one felled by love, or...”

“Seek healing,” Love’s spent victim is told, “or rue!”

فقلت دوائي لو يباع اشتريتُه

فقلت دوائي لو يباع اشتريتُه

من المبسم الحالي فولَّى يقول لو

من المبسم الحالي فولَّى يقول لو

So I said, “Were my cure for sale, I would buy it

I said, “If but a cure were sold, I’d buy,

From the sweet smiling mouth”; he turned away, saying, “If...”

Despite this ruined state that you now view.”