لَيتَ شِعري عَنكَ هَل تَع

لَيتَ شِعري عَنكَ هَل تَع

لَمُ أَنّي بِكَ عانِ

لَمُ أَنّي بِكَ عانِ

Would that I knew this of you: do you

I wish I knew, do you know

know that I am in thrall to you?

That I am infatuated with you

فَلَقَد أَسرَرتُهُ مِن

فَلَقَد أَسرَرتُهُ مِن

كُ وَأَطلَعتُ الأَماني

كُ وَأَطلَعتُ الأَماني

For indeed I have concealed it from

For I have made him privy to

you, and revealed it to my wishes.

My love of you, and shared my hopes

وَتَوَهَّمتُكَ في نَف

وَتَوَهَّمتُكَ في نَف

سي فَناجاكَ لِساني

سي فَناجاكَ لِساني

And I imagined you in my

And imagined you in my soul, so my tongue whispers to you

soul, so my tongue whispered to you.

We came together and parted

فَاجتَمَعنا وَافتَرَقنا

فَاجتَمَعنا وَافتَرَقنا

بِالأَماني في مَكانِ

بِالأَماني في مَكانِ

Thus we met and parted

In hopes, in a place

through wishes, in one place.