ما هَكَذا يا مُنى قَلبي

ما هَكَذا يا مُنى قَلبي

يَجزي أَخو الحسن عشّاقَه

يَجزي أَخو الحسن عشّاقَه

Not thus, O my heart’s desire,

Not so, O Mona, does my heart repay

does one endowed with beauty requite his lovers.

the love of the virtuous with like;

نأَيتَ وَالصبُّ في كَربِ

نأَيتَ وَالصبُّ في كَربِ

مبلبلُ القلب مُشتاقُه

مبلبلُ القلب مُشتاقُه

You have gone afar, while the lovelorn one is in anguish;

You came when passion was at its height,

distraught of heart is his yearning lover.

and my heart's bird was eager and awake;

اِعطف فديتُك عَلى الصَبِّ

اِعطف فديتُك عَلى الصَبِّ

لا ذقتَ في الحُبِّ ما ذاقَه

لا ذقتَ في الحُبِّ ما ذاقَه

Be kind—may I be your ransom—to the lovelorn one;

Take pity on the passion of the love-sick,

may you never taste in love what he has tasted.

who have not tasted what you have tasted of love.