1. For me your beauty's witness and guarantor
That longing cannot make my heart grow old
١. لِي مِنْ جَمالِكَ شَاهِدٌ وَكَفِيلُ
أَنّي عَنِ الأَشْوَاقِ لَسْتُ أَحُولُ
2. O you whose night for joy is made so short
While my night's made by love unending long
٢. يَا مَنْ تقاصَر لَيْلُهُ لِسُرورِهِ
لَيْلِي كَمَا شَاءَ الغَرامُ طَويلُ
3. You left me melting sighs and weeping eyes
My tears and heart whose lot is to bemoan
٣. غَادَرْتني بِحشىً تَذُوب وَمُقْلةٍ
عَبْرَى وَقلْبٍ حَظُّه التَّعْلِيلُ
4. In every eyelid tears have made their home
Down every cheek tears have a stream they run
٤. في كُلِّ جَفْنٍ لِلتَّسَهُّدِ مَوْطِنٌ
وَبِكُلِّ خَدٍّ لِلدُّمُوعِ مَسِيلُ