وإذا تقابلنا وشئت عناقها

وإذا تقابلنا وشئت عناقها

جفلت وظلت حولها تتلفت

جفلت وظلت حولها تتلفت

And when we met and I wished to embrace her,

When we met and I wanted her embrace

She flinched and kept glancing around her.

She startled and kept looking around

فعلمت أني لا أسوم محالة

فعلمت أني لا أسوم محالة

بل من غياب رقيبها تتثبت

بل من غياب رقيبها تتثبت

So I knew I was not asking the impossible;

So I knew, without doubt

Rather, she was making sure her watcher was absent.

That it's the absence of a keeper she ascertains