ما زِلتُ أَحسَبُ أَنَّ الحُبَّ زايَلَني

ما زِلتُ أَحسَبُ أَنَّ الحُبَّ زايَلَني

حَتّى نَظَرتُ إِلَيها وَهيَ تَبتَسِمُ

حَتّى نَظَرتُ إِلَيها وَهيَ تَبتَسِمُ

I kept thinking that love had left me

I thought that love had left me

I continued to believe that love had abandoned me,

Until I looked at her as she smiled.

Until I saw her smile

Until I gazed upon her while she was smiling.

فَاِهتَزَّ قَلبي كَما تَهتَزُّ نابِتَةٌ

فَاِهتَزَّ قَلبي كَما تَهتَزُّ نابِتَةٌ

في القَفرِ مَرَّ عَلَيها النورُ وَالنَسَمُ

في القَفرِ مَرَّ عَلَيها النورُ وَالنَسَمُ

Then my heart quivered as a plant quivers

My heart shook like a sprout

Then my heart quivered as a young plant quivers

In the wilderness, over which light and breezes have passed.

In the desert when the light and breeze pass by

In the wasteland, when touched by light and the breeze.

يا حُبَّها لا تَخَف شَيباً وَلا هَرَماً

يا حُبَّها لا تَخَف شَيباً وَلا هَرَماً

فَلَيسَ يَقوى عَلَيكَ الشَيبُ وَالهَرَمُ

فَلَيسَ يَقوى عَلَيكَ الشَيبُ وَالهَرَمُ

O love for her, fear neither gray hair nor old age,

Oh love for her, do not fear old age or decrepitude

O love for her, fear neither gray hair nor old age,

For gray hair and old age cannot prevail over you.

For neither old age nor decrepitude can overcome you

For gray hair and old age have no power over you.