وماذا يفيدك طيفُ الخيا

وماذا يفيدك طيفُ الخيا

ل والهجرُ حظك ممن تحب

ل والهجرُ حظك ممن تحب

And what good is the phantom of imagination to you,

What use is a ghost of days gone by

when estrangement is your lot from the one you love?

And parting's your share of one you love

غناء قليل ولكنني

غناء قليل ولكنني

تمنيته بقنوع المُحب

تمنيته بقنوع المُحب

Little good, yet I

A song however brief, yet I

wished for it with a lover's contentment.

With a lover's heart did it long for