قال السراب وقلت ظامي لسرابه

قال السراب وقلت ظامي لسرابه

قال الهلاك وقلت لعيون الاحباب

قال الهلاك وقلت لعيون الاحباب

He said, "A mirage"; I said, "I thirst for his mirage."

The mirage said, and I said to its mirage,

He said, "Destruction"; I said, "For the eyes of those I love."

“Destruction,” said, and I said to the eyes of loved ones.

يا لايمي في حب مترف شبابه

يا لايمي في حب مترف شبابه

الموت حق ولاتبرق بالاسباب

الموت حق ولاتبرق بالاسباب

O you who blame me for loving one whose youth is tender and pampered,

Oh, my regret over passionate youth’s love!

Death is certain; do not threaten me with its causes.

Death is real, so do not shine reasons.

كانه ذبحني صاحبي من عذابه

كانه ذبحني صاحبي من عذابه

ماابي لدمي يا هل اللوم طلاب

ماابي لدمي يا هل اللوم طلاب

If my beloved slays me with his torment,

As if my friend slaughtered me with his torment.

I want no avengers for my blood, O you who blame me.

I do not want, o people of blame, seekers of my blood.

الجادل اللي فيه زين ومهابه

الجادل اللي فيه زين ومهابه

يفز له قلبٍ .. وتخضع له أرقاب

يفز له قلبٍ .. وتخضع له أرقاب

The slender beauty, in whom loveliness and majesty dwell,

The debater, in him is beauty and awe,

A heart leaps for him, and necks bow before him.

Makes a heart leap...and necks submit to him.

في حجر عينة لي غدير وسحابه

في حجر عينة لي غدير وسحابه

وفي وسط قلبي له تناهيت وعتاب

وفي وسط قلبي له تناهيت وعتاب

In the hollow of his eye, I have a pool and a cloud,

In the palm of his eye is a pool and clouds for me.

And deep within my heart are sighs and reproach for him.

And in the middle of my heart, for him, longing and reproach.

إن قلت أحبه يكفي القلب مابه

إن قلت أحبه يكفي القلب مابه

وان قلت أنا مابيه ..باصير كذاب

وان قلت أنا مابيه ..باصير كذاب

If I say, "I love him," the heart already has enough to bear;

If I say “I love him” it would suffice what the heart holds,

And if I say, "I do not want him," I will be a liar.

And if I say “I do not want him”...I become a liar.