لِي ناظِرٌ حكَّمتُهُ

لِي ناظِرٌ حكَّمتُهُ

في سِرِّ حبِّكَ فاحتَكَم

في سِرِّ حبِّكَ فاحتَكَم

I have an eye I made arbiter

I have a secret love

over my secret love for you, and so it passed judgment.

Judged by your discerning eyes

فاطلُب بِسِرِّكَ دَمعَهُ

فاطلُب بِسِرِّكَ دَمعَهُ

فلَقَد كتَمتُ وما كَتَم

فلَقَد كتَمتُ وما كَتَم

So call its tears to account for your secret:

Seek with your secret, my tears

for I kept it hidden, but it did not.

For I have kept it hidden, yet revealed

ولَقَد رَضيتُ مِن المَعا

ولَقَد رَضيتُ مِن المَعا

صِي في وِصالِكَ بالتُّهَم

صِي في وِصالِكَ بالتُّهَم

And I have been content, among sins,

And I am content with the blame

with mere accusations in union with you.

For your love, though accused

إِن كانَ آلَمني هَوا

إِن كانَ آلَمني هَوا

كَ فَلا شُفيتُ مِنَ الأَلَم

كَ فَلا شُفيتُ مِنَ الأَلَم

If I have been pained by love

If your passion hurts me

for you, may I never be healed of pain.

I refuse to be healed of the pain