1. أحبك هل تدرين ما قيمة الحب

    مخاطرة بالنفس والعقل والقلب

    I love you. Do you know the worth of love?

    A gamble with the soul, the mind, and the heart.

  2. أحبك هل تدرين ما الوجد ما الجوى

    رفيقان للعشاق في الملتقى الصعب

    I love you. Do you know passionate longing, do you know love's anguish?

    Two companions to lovers at the difficult meeting.

  3. أحبك هل تدري عيونك ما الذي

    جنته على قلبي بواسطة الهدب

    I love you. Do your eyes know what

    They have inflicted on my heart through their lashes?

  4. أحبك ليت الحب يسعف ظامئ

    بتر شافة من نبعه السائغ الشرب

    I love you. If only love would aid one who thirsts

    With a sip from its spring, whose waters are sweet to drink.

  5. أقول لها والشعر رهب عيونه

    إذا أمرته انفض عن لؤلؤ رطب

    I tell her, with poetry in awe of its wellsprings:

    When she commands it, it opens to reveal moist pearls.

  6. مريه ففي عينيك ينبوع سره

    وهل في سوى عينيك من منهل عذب

    Command it, for in your eyes lies the wellspring of its secret.

    And is there any sweet drinking-place other than your eyes?

  7. فعيناك لم تترك مكانا بخاطري

    لغيرك إطلاقا على البعد والقرب

    For your eyes have left no room in my thoughts

    For anyone but you at all, whether far or near.

  8. تملكته روحا ونبضا ونسمة

    وأمسيت في جنبي ألصق من جنبي

    You took possession of it—spirit, pulse, and breeze—

    And you came to be at my side, closer than my own side.

  9. مضى زمن يا نفحة العمر وانقضى

    من العمر عهد فاض بالشعر والحب

    A time has passed, O breath of life, and gone is

    An era of life that overflowed with poetry and love,

  10. وخلّد أحلى الذكريات على المدى

    تقر بها عيني ويشقى بها قلبي

    And immortalized the sweetest memories for all time:

    My eye finds joy in them, and my heart suffers through them.

  11. فلولا الجوى والوجد والشوق والهوى

    وعيناك لم يكتب على النفس من ذنب

    Were it not, then, for love's anguish, passionate longing, yearning, and passion,

    And your eyes, no sin would have been written against the soul.