يَاO لائِمَyou who blame المشْتَاقِthe yearning lover تَعreprimanding (first fragment)
يَا لائِمَ المشْتَاقِ تَع
نيفُreprimanding (remaining fragment) المَشُوقِthe love-stricken one الصّبّthe ardent lover عُنفُharshness
نيفُ المَشُوقِ الصّبّ عُنفُ
O you who blame the yearning lover, repri-
O you who blame the lover! Cease your blaming,
manding the love-stricken, ardent lover is harshness.
For harshness toward the longing lover is cruelty.
انظُرlook إلىat عَينٍan eye مُسَهْsleepless (first fragment)
انظُر إلى عَينٍ مُسَهْ
هَدَةٍsleepless (remaining fragment) وجَفنٍand an eyelid لاnot يَجِفُّdries
هَدَةٍ وجَفنٍ لا يَجِفُّ
Look at an eye kept sleep-
Look at the sleepless, tearful eyes,
less, and an eyelid that never dries,
And the body, sick with passion none can cure.
وسَقَامِand the sickness of جسمٍa body كلّevery سرْsecret (first fragment)
وسَقَامِ جسمٍ كلّ سرْ
رٍsecret (remaining fragment) للهَوىof passion منهُfrom it يَشِفُّshows through
رٍ للهَوى منهُ يَشِفُّ
and the sickness of a body: every se-
Have mercy on him! For it is mercy when
cret of passion shows through it.
The fortunate show pity for the suffering.
واعْطِفand show compassion عليهon him فَلِلكِراso, for the noble (first fragment)
واعْطِف عليه فَلِلكِرا
مِnoble (remaining fragment) علىtoward أُولىthose experiencing الضّرّاءِdistress عَطفُcompassion
مِ على أُولى الضّرّاءِ عَطفُ
And have compassion on him, for the no-
ble have compassion on those in distress.
Partial English translation: 6 of 8 Arabic lines translated.