1. لو ما تحب العين ما ضمت دموع

    يا عاذلي بالله جز عن عتبها

    If the eye did not love, it would not hold tears.

    My reproacher, for God's sake, desist from blaming it.

  2. اربع ليالي كلها سهد وولوع

    استغفر الله ما تلاقي هدبها

    Four nights, all sleeplessness and ardent longing.

    I seek God's forgiveness—its lashes have not met.

  3. تكاثرت من همها ساعة اهجوع

    الله حسيب اللي غدى هو سببها

    In its grief, it deemed even an hour's slumber too much.

    God will call to account the one who caused it.

  4. الجادل اللي لفتته ورد وشموع

    يا حيف قلبي اللي احترق في لهبها

    That shapely beauty, whose glance is roses and candles—

    Alas for my heart, which burned in their flame.

  5. يمد لي حبلٍ من الود مقطوع

    غير السلام وبسمته ما عقبها

    He stretches out to me a severed cord of affection.

    Beyond a greeting and his smile, nothing follows.

  6. يا قلب .. يا قلب الخطا دونك ضلوع

    يا شين قل لي راحتي هو نهبها

    O heart, O erring heart, ribs stand before you.

    You wretch, tell me—was it he who stole my peace?