1. This is a sigh echoing in the chambers of my heart
Like the rhythms of a rebab

2. Or the lamentations of a lover in a ruined abode
When he saw the ruins after a long estrangement

3. This is a tear for the departed hope
And love, passion and youth

4. Oh my beloved, you have spurned and wounded me
And marked my heart with the bitterness of torment

5. If only the one who has wronged us
Had not been pleased by the song of my youth

6. I know not what has turned her against us
Was she not pleased by the song of my youth?

7. If one calls us to nobility, a caller
Among the people, I would precede my peers

8. I am like a lion when roused, and like a gazelle
Gentle in my tenderness and mild in my discourse