لو أنني حُسنُهُ أو أنّهُ حَزَني

لو أنني حُسنُهُ أو أنّهُ حَزَني

ما بِنتُ عنهُ وعنِّي قطُّ لم يبِنِ

ما بِنتُ عنهُ وعنِّي قطُّ لم يبِنِ

Had I been his beauty, or he my sorrow,

If I were his beauty or if he were my sorrow

I would not have parted from him, nor would he ever have parted from me;

I would not have parted from him nor would he from me

لأنّه لم يزل والحسنَ في قَرَنٍ

لأنّه لم يزل والحسنَ في قَرَنٍ

وأنني لم أزَلْ والحزنَ في قَرَنِ

وأنني لم أزَلْ والحزنَ في قَرَنِ

For he has always been yoked to beauty,

For he has never ceased being with beauty

And I have always been yoked to sorrow.

And I have never ceased being with sorrow