1. لزمتَ كِبرياءَكْ

    لزمتُ كِبريائي

    You clung to your pride.

    I clung to my pride.

  2. فشَوقُنا موزَّعٌ

    مفرَّق الأَجزاءِ

    So our longing is scattered,

    its parts dispersed.

  3. وبَوحُنا مجمَّدٌ

    كأَبردِ الأَشياءِ

    And our avowal is frozen,

    like the coldest of things.

  4. وصَمتنا مهَلهَلٌ

    مشوَّهُ الإيماءِ

    And our silence is threadbare,

    its gestures distorted.

  5. فكلُّنا مُعطَّلٌ

    بنَزغةِ الأهواءِ

    So each of us is paralyzed

    by the goading of passions.

  6. وكلُّنا مُجرَّحٌ

    بإثمِنا الوجَّاءِ

    And each of us is deeply wounded

    by our piercing sin.

  7. كأنَّنا معًا.. معًا

    كأعقلِ الأعداءِ!

    As though we, together... together,

    were like the most sensible of enemies!