1. اف الهوى ما بيننا مشتاقا

    حتى سرى في سرنا وتلاقا

    Fie! Love between us is full of yearning,

    Until it coursed through our secret and came together.

  2. أسرى بنا في سر ه وعبابه

    فشربنا من كاس الغرام دهاقا

    It carried us by night through its mystery and its surging waves,

    So we drank from the brimming cup of passion.

  3. وغفا على أحلامنا من سحره

    ورد تمايل حولنا أعناقا

    And under its spell, upon our dreams there slept

    Roses, swaying their necks around us.

  4. يارحلة للعشق مذ كان الهوى

    كيف اصطفيت بحبك العشاقا

    O journey of passion, since love came to be,

    How did you choose the lovers with your love,

  5. وحملتهم في مركب من لهفة

    وغمرت في أحداقهم أشواقا

    And carry them in a boat of yearning,

    And flood their eyes with longings?

  6. نادوا عليك مبللين بشوقهم

    حين النوى قد بلل الأحداقا

    They called to you, drenched in their longing,

    When separation had already moistened their eyes.

  7. يغفو على كفيك كل موله

    كالورد لملمه الغرام عناقا

    Every soul distraught with love dozes upon your palms,

    Like roses that passion gathered into an embrace.

  8. شهباء أنت قصيدتي وطفولتي

    وحكايتي أنت الحنين طباقا

    Shahba, you are my poem and my childhood,

    And my story—you are longing, layer upon layer.