يا قَلْبِ كمْ هذا الجَوى والخُفوتْ

يا قَلْبِ كمْ هذا الجَوى والخُفوتْ

ذَماءَكَ اسْتَبْقِ لِئَلاّ يَفوتْ

ذَماءَكَ اسْتَبْقِ لِئَلاّ يَفوتْ

O heart, how intense this consuming passion, this throbbing!

O my heart, how long will this burning anguish and fading last?

Guard the last spark of your life, lest it slip away.

Preserve the life still left in you, lest it slip away.

فقالَ لا حَوْلَ ولا قَوْلَ لي

فقالَ لا حَوْلَ ولا قَوْلَ لي

قد كانَ ما كانَ فحسْبِي السّكوتْ

قد كانَ ما كانَ فحسْبِي السّكوتْ

It said, “I have neither power nor strength.”

So it said, “I have neither strength nor words.

What has been has been; silence is enough for me.

What has happened has happened; silence is enough for me.

فارَقَني الرُّشْدُ وفارَقْتُهُ

فارَقَني الرُّشْدُ وفارَقْتُهُ

لمّا تعشَّقْتُ بشَيْءٍ يَموتْ

لمّا تعشَّقْتُ بشَيْءٍ يَموتْ

Sound judgment parted from me, and I parted from it,

Sound judgment left me, and I left it,

when I fell passionately in love with something that dies.

when I fell in love with something that dies.”