فديتك ما لوجهك صد عني

فديتك ما لوجهك صد عني

وأبديت التندمَ بالسلام

وأبديت التندمَ بالسلام

May I be your ransom—why has your face turned away from me,

My dear, your face never turns away from me,

and why have you shown regret in your greeting?

And I express my regret with greetings.

أحين خلبتني وقرنت قلبي

أحين خلبتني وقرنت قلبي

بطرفك والصبابةَ في نظام

بطرفك والصبابةَ في نظام

Is it just when you bewitched me and strung my heart

When you enchanted me and paired my heart

with your glance and yearning on one strand,

With your glance and youth in harmony.

تنكر ما عهدت لغب يومٍ

تنكر ما عهدت لغب يومٍ

فيا قربَ الرضاع من الفطام

فيا قربَ الرضاع من الفطام

that what I knew has grown strange after a single day?

You deny what you've gotten used to every day,

And oh, how close suckling is to weaning!

Oh, the closeness of suckling to weaning!

لأسرع ما نهيت الى همومي

لأسرع ما نهيت الى همومي

مروري بالزيارة واللمامِ

مروري بالزيارة واللمامِ

How swiftly you have conveyed to my sorrows

As soon as you forbid me from my worries,

my passing by for visits and fleeting calls!

My visit and touch come to an end.