يا صاحَ لا تَلحَني وَقُل سَدَدا

يا صاحَ لا تَلحَني وَقُل سَدَدا

إِنّي أَرى الحُبَّ قاتِلي كَمَدا

إِنّي أَرى الحُبَّ قاتِلي كَمَدا

O friend, do not reproach me, and speak rightly.

O friend, do not blame me and say rightly,

I see love killing me with grief.

I see love is killing me slowly.

جُملٌ أَحاديثُ ذا الفُؤادِ إِذا

جُملٌ أَحاديثُ ذا الفُؤادِ إِذا

هَبَّ وَأَحلامُهُ إِذا رَقَدا

هَبَّ وَأَحلامُهُ إِذا رَقَدا

Juml is this heart's talk when

The talks of this heart are nonsense when

it wakes, and its dreams when it sleeps.

It wanders and its dreams when asleep.

إِن شِئتَ حَدَّثتُكَ اليَقينَ لِكَي

إِن شِئتَ حَدَّثتُكَ اليَقينَ لِكَي

تَعذِرَني أَو حَلَفتُ مُجتَهِدا

تَعذِرَني أَو حَلَفتُ مُجتَهِدا

If you wish, I will tell you the certain truth, so that

If you want, I will tell you the truth so

you may excuse me; or I will swear earnestly

You can excuse me or I swear trying hard.

بِاللَهِ لَولا الرَجاءُ إِذ مَنَعَت

بِاللَهِ لَولا الرَجاءُ إِذ مَنَعَت

مَعروفَها اليَومَ أَن تَجودَ غَدا

مَعروفَها اليَومَ أَن تَجودَ غَدا

by God: were it not for the hope, when she withheld

By God, if not for hope when she denied

her kindness today, that she would give generously tomorrow,

Her kindness today, she may give tomorrow.

إِذا لَقَد فَتَّ حُبُّها كَبِدي

إِذا لَقَد فَتَّ حُبُّها كَبِدي

إِن كانَ حُبٌّ يُفَتِّتُ الكَبِدا

إِن كانَ حُبٌّ يُفَتِّتُ الكَبِدا

then love for her would surely have shattered my liver,

If her love has ruptured my liver,

if any love can shatter the liver.

If love can rupture a liver indeed.

ما ذاكَ مِن نائِلٍ يُنيلُ وَلا

ما ذاكَ مِن نائِلٍ يُنيلُ وَلا

أَسدَت فَتَجزي بِهِ إِلَيَّ يَدا

أَسدَت فَتَجزي بِهِ إِلَيَّ يَدا

That is not for any bounty bestowed, nor

That is not from an obtainer obtaining, nor

a favor she has done me in recompense,

Did she offer to reward me.

إِلّا سَفاهاً وَإِنَّني كَلِفٌ

إِلّا سَفاهاً وَإِنَّني كَلِفٌ

أَحسَبُ غَيِّي مِن حُبِّها رَشَدا

أَحسَبُ غَيِّي مِن حُبِّها رَشَدا

but only folly; and I am infatuated,

Except foolishly, though I am burdened,

taking my error in loving her for sound judgment.

I think my madness for her love is right.

أَلا تَراني مُخامِراً سَقَماً

أَلا تَراني مُخامِراً سَقَماً

كَحَّلَ عَيني بِمَأقِها السَهَدا

كَحَّلَ عَيني بِمَأقِها السَهَدا

Do you not see me steeped in a sickness

Do you not see me sick with passion

that has lined my eye's inner corner with sleeplessness as kohl?

That painted my eyes with her dark eyelids?

أَحبَبتُ حُبّاً مِثلَ الجُنونِ فَقَد

أَحبَبتُ حُبّاً مِثلَ الجُنونِ فَقَد

أَبلى عِظامي وَغَيَّرَ الجَسَدا

أَبلى عِظامي وَغَيَّرَ الجَسَدا

I have loved with a love like madness, and it has indeed

I loved a love like madness, so it has

worn out my bones and changed my body.

Wasted my bones and changed the body.