جمر الغضا في حره ولهيبه

جمر الغضا في حره ولهيبه

في قلبه من كربه ووجيبه

في قلبه من كربه ووجيبه

Ghada embers, with their heat and flame,

lie in his heart, from its anguish and throbbing.

وصلت مفارقة الحبيب أنينه

وصلت مفارقة الحبيب أنينه

بحنينه وزفيره بنحيبه

بحنينه وزفيره بنحيبه

Parting from the beloved joined his groaning

to his yearning, and his sighing to his sobbing.

بدر بدا ما سرّني بطلوعه

بدر بدا ما سرّني بطلوعه

حتى انثنى لي رائعاً بمغيبه

حتى انثنى لي رائعاً بمغيبه

A full moon appeared; scarcely had its rising delighted me

when it turned away, frightening me with its setting.

والموت أقرب نازل فقريبه

والموت أقرب نازل فقريبه

كبعيده وبعيده كقريبه

كبعيده وبعيده كقريبه

And death is the nearest visitor, so its nearness

is like its remoteness, and its remoteness like its nearness.

ذنب الزمان إليّ مهوّن

ذنب الزمان إليّ مهوّن

ما قد تقدّم من عظيم ذنوبه

ما قد تقدّم من عظيم ذنوبه

Time's offense against me makes seem slight

the grievous offenses it committed before.