لَم تُبَلِّغنِيَ السَعادَةَ بَعدُ

لَم تُبَلِّغنِيَ السَعادَةَ بَعدُ

قُبلَةٌ إِنَّما وِصالِيَ وَعدُ

قُبلَةٌ إِنَّما وِصالِيَ وَعدُ

Happiness has not yet been brought to me

Happiness has not yet conveyed to me

by a kiss; my union is only a promise.

A kiss that was but a promise of my union

مُخلِفٌ يَخطَفُ القُلوبَ بِطَرفٍ

مُخلِفٌ يَخطَفُ القُلوبَ بِطَرفٍ

عازِمٍ ما لَهُ مِنَ الغَدرِ بُدُّ

عازِمٍ ما لَهُ مِنَ الغَدرِ بُدُّ

A promise-breaker snatches hearts with a gaze

With eyes that snatch hearts, he comes and goes

resolute—he cannot help but betray.

Determined, though free of deceit and betrayal