1. أغازل فيك شموخ الرجال

    ويمنعني عنك هذا الخفر

    In you, I woo the proud bearing of men.

    And this bashfulness keeps me from you.

  2. وأعلم حبك حلم محال

    وأسطورة من زمان غبر

    And I know loving you is an impossible dream,

    And a legend from an age gone by.

  3. وحبك وهم تخطى النجوم

    وإضمامة من ضياء القدر

    And loving you is an illusion that has passed beyond the stars,

    And a bouquet of destiny's radiance.

  4. بأي الضلوع أضـم هواك

    وكم يستقر إذا ما استقر

    Within which ribs can I enfold my love for you?

    And how long will it stay, if it ever settles?

  5. أعد لي الهوى يازمان الهوى

    وأطلق سـراحي انطلاق الغجر

    Restore love to me, O time of love,

    And set me free to roam like the Gypsies.

  6. وأوجع ، فظلمك مانشتهي

    وضلل ، فذنبك مايغتفر

    And inflict pain, for your injustice is what we crave.

    And lead astray, for your sin is forgiven.

  7. مشيئته أنت ، لو لم يشأ

    محاك ، وأخلى قلوب البشر

    You are His will; had He not willed it,

    He would have erased you and emptied human hearts.

  8. أفق أيها القلب ، هذا النشور

    وذاك صاحبك المنتظر

    Awake, O heart: this is the resurrection,

    And that is your awaited companion.

  9. تبلدّت من عيشة الزاهدين

    ونوم القفار ، ولبس الوبر

    You have grown numb from the ascetics' life,

    And the slumber of wastelands, and wearing haircloth.

  10. وصيغت جزافا لك الشائعات

    من كل وهم ببال خطر

    And rumors were spun for you at random,

    From every illusion that crossed a mind.

  11. أفق أيها القلب ، او لا فمت

    فأوجع حاليك : خوف الخطر

    Awake, O heart, or else die,

    For the more painful of your two states is fear of danger.

  12. ترى الحب والموت في راحتيه

    ومالك بد ، ففيـــم الحذر

    You see love and death in his two palms,

    And you have no choice—why, then, be wary?

  13. سلام لحرِّك يشوي الوجوه

    أذبت به الصبر حتى انفجر

    Hail to your heat that sears faces;

    With it you melted patience until it burst.

  14. ترى جلدا ً لي ؟ ففيم الجفاء

    أمثلك يقسو إذا ما اقتدر ؟

    Do you see endurance in me? Then why this coldness?

    Would one like you be cruel when he has power?

  15. أنا مـن قرابينك اللايزال

    بها من مسيس المنايا أثر

    I am among your sacrificial offerings, which still

    Bear a trace of death's touch.