إِنّي لَصَبٌّ وَلا أَقولُ بِمَن

إِنّي لَصَبٌّ وَلا أَقولُ بِمَن

أَخافُ مَن لا يَخافُ مِن أَحَدِ

أَخافُ مَن لا يَخافُ مِن أَحَدِ

I am indeed lovesick, but I do not say for whom.

I am infatuated, yet I do not say with whom

I am indeed lovestruck, yet I dare not say for whom,

I fear one who fears no one.

I fear the one who fears no one

For I dread one who dreads no living soul.

إِذا تَفَكَّرتُ في هَوايَ لَهُ

إِذا تَفَكَّرتُ في هَوايَ لَهُ

مَسَستُ رَأسي هَل طارَ عَن جَسَدي

مَسَستُ رَأسي هَل طارَ عَن جَسَدي

When I ponder my love for him,

When I contemplate my passion for them

When I reflect upon my passion for him,

I touch my head: has it flown from my body?

I touch my head - has it flown off my body?

I touch my head to see if it has flown from my body.

إِنّي عَلى ما ذَكَرتُ مِن فَرَقٍ

إِنّي عَلى ما ذَكَرتُ مِن فَرَقٍ

لا آمُلُ أَن أَنالَهُ بِيَدي

لا آمُلُ أَن أَنالَهُ بِيَدي

Indeed, despite the fear I have described, I

Given this separation I mentioned

And I, despite the terror I have voiced,

have no hope of reaching him with my hand.

I have no hope of attaining them with my hand

Bear no hope that I shall ever reach him with my hand.