شققتُ جَيبي عليك حقّا

شققتُ جَيبي عليك حقّا

وما لجيبي عليك شقَّا

وما لجيبي عليك شقَّا

I truly tore my collar over you,

I tore my pocket for you, truly

though my collar did not deserve to be torn over you.

Yet my pocket owed you no tear

أردت قلبي فصافَحتهُ

أردت قلبي فصافَحتهُ

يداي بالجيب إذ توفَّى

يداي بالجيب إذ توفَّى

I meant my heart; then it was clasped

I wanted my heart, so my hands clasped it

by my hands at the collar, at the time of death.

At the pocket when it was denied

لو كان قلبي مكان جَيبي

لو كان قلبي مكان جَيبي

لكان للشقِّ مستحقا

لكان للشقِّ مستحقا

Had my heart been in place of my collar,

Had my heart been in place of my pocket

it would have deserved to be torn.

The tear would have been well deserved