فزّ الخفوق وقلت يالله عسى خير

فزّ الخفوق وقلت يالله عسى خير

أثر الليالي عاد غايب قمرها

أثر الليالي عاد غايب قمرها

My heart leapt, and I said: O God, may it be good!

The dove fluttered, and I said "O God willing, good!"

It turned out the nights’ absent moon had returned.

The nights have passed, their moon returns

مع شوفته نشوه و فزّه و تخدير

مع شوفته نشوه و فزّه و تخدير

و عيون خلاّن(ن) تعانق نظرها

و عيون خلاّن(ن) تعانق نظرها

Seeing him brought ecstasy, a start, and numbness.

Seeing it intoxicated me, made me flutter and swoon

And lovers’ eyes embrace each other’s gaze.

And eyes met each other's gaze

يفزّ له قلبي كما فزّة الطير

يفزّ له قلبي كما فزّة الطير

و الرجل كن اللي تحتها غدرها

و الرجل كن اللي تحتها غدرها

My heart leaps for him like a bird taking flight,

My heart flutters for it as a bird flutters

And my foot feels as though the ground beneath it has betrayed it.

And man who deceives it is beneath it

يا صبح عمري يا صباح التباشير

يا صبح عمري يا صباح التباشير

نوره ملا قلبي و روحي غمرها

نوره ملا قلبي و روحي غمرها

O dawn of my life, O morning of glad tidings!

O morning of my life, o dawn of glad tidings

His light filled my heart and flooded my soul.

Its light filled my heart and immersed my soul

عقب الفراق اللي تعدّى المحاذير

عقب الفراق اللي تعدّى المحاذير

يبّس غصون القلب جافي دهرها

يبّس غصون القلب جافي دهرها

After a parting worse than all I feared,

After separation that crossed limits

Cruel times had withered the branches of my heart.

The branches of my heart withered, devoid of its times

ربّع بروحي عقب ماهي معاسير

ربّع بروحي عقب ماهي معاسير

سحابة(ن) هلّت بقلبي مطرها

سحابة(ن) هلّت بقلبي مطرها

He brought spring to my soul after its barrenness—

It settled in my soul after tribulations

A cloud that poured its rain into my heart.

A cloud poured its rain on my heart

و اسقَى بها زرعة هوانا بتقدير

و اسقَى بها زرعة هوانا بتقدير

غرسة غرام(ن) بالمحبه بذرها

غرسة غرام(ن) بالمحبه بذرها

And with it he watered our love’s planting in due measure,

And with it watered a plantation destined

A seedling of passion he sowed with love.

To be sowed with seeds of love

يا عاذلين العين والله مخاسير

يا عاذلين العين والله مخاسير

و اللي درَى عن حال عيني عذرها

و اللي درَى عن حال عيني عذرها

O you who reproach my eyes—by God, your efforts are wasted!

O you who blame the eye, by God tribulations!

And anyone who knew the state of my eyes would excuse them.

And those unaware of the state of my eyes, excuse it

تشوم عيني عن جميع الغنادير

تشوم عيني عن جميع الغنادير

و إن ناظرت عيني فوادي نهرها

و إن ناظرت عيني فوادي نهرها

My eyes turn away from all other beauties,

My eyes avoid all young men

And if my eyes do look, my heart rebukes them.

And if my eyes see my beloved, it is their river

يا ناس احبه و المحبه مقادير

يا ناس احبه و المحبه مقادير

هذا هوَى نفسي و هذا قدرها

هذا هوَى نفسي و هذا قدرها

O people, I love him, and love is fate.

O people, I love him and love is predestined

This is my soul’s desire, and this is its destiny.

This is my passion and this is its fate

و الحب ماله يا اهل الحب تفسير

و الحب ماله يا اهل الحب تفسير

قلبين و الله بالمحبه امرها

قلبين و الله بالمحبه امرها

And love, O lovers, has no explanation:

And love, O people of love, has no interpretation

Two hearts, and God has commanded them to love.

Two hearts, by God, it commands them

لا جيت اصوّر حالة الحب تصوير

لا جيت اصوّر حالة الحب تصوير

و أرد عن حالي لخلّي خبرها

و أرد عن حالي لخلّي خبرها

When I try to paint a picture of the state of love,

I did not come to portray the state of love

And relay news of my state to my beloved,

And speak of my state to let it be known

لقيت وجدي فوق كل التعابير

لقيت وجدي فوق كل التعابير

كل الشعر قطره و شوقي بحرها

كل الشعر قطره و شوقي بحرها

I find my passion beyond all expression:

I found my passion above all expressions

All poetry is a drop, and my longing is its sea.

All poetry is a drop and my longing is its sea