1. My heart was torn from me, so I walked slowly,
When there was my beloved in my way.
١. نزعَ القلبُ بي فسرتُ رويداً
فإذا من أحبهُ في طريقي
2. He glared at me as if he were the judge of capital crimes,
And his nape were my executioner.
٢. يتجنى كأنَّ قاضي الجنايا
تِ نصيرٌ لقدهِ الممشوقِ
3. And he saw me in a lover's humility,
So the pride of the beloved turned him away from me.
٣. ورآني بذلةِ العاشقِ الصبِّ
فصدتهُ عزةُ المعشوقِ