1. What strange affliction, if only happiness aided me,
A youth whose heart was lost from me.
١. أيُّ بدع لو ساعدتني سعادٌ
شاب فودي وضاع مني الفؤادُ
2. The white hair reproached me, but not the shame,
And it distanced me, its separation and remoteness.
٢. عيرتني لمياءُ شيبي ولا عا
رَ وجانيهِ هجرها والبعاد
3. Love grew white with blame and reproach, it is right if livers grew white,
For us there is a passion and love,
٣. شابت الحبَّ بالملامة وال
عتب فحقٌّ لو شابت الأكباد
4. And for us from the dew of your hand an appointment,
Where you end for us our enemy time,
٤. فلنا بالهوى حمامٌ وحيٌّ
ولنا من ندى يديك معاد
5. And end with its rage the envious.
٥. حيث تقضي لنا على خصمنا
الدهر وتقضي بغيظها الحسَّاد