من يداوي لي فؤاداً

من يداوي لي فؤاداً

قد شكـا داء وداء

قد شكـا داء وداء

Who will heal for me a heart

Who will cure me a heart

Who will heal my heart,

That has complained of ailment after ailment?

That complained of love-sickness and pain?

Which has complained of ailment after ailment?

سَلْ حبيبي كم طبيبٍ

سَلْ حبيبي كم طبيبٍ

حاذقٍ بالجهل بـاء

حاذقٍ بالجهل بـاء

Ask my beloved how many doctors,

Ask my darling, how many a physician

Ask my beloved: how many a physician,

Though skilled, came away ignorant,

Skilled but ignorant has tried in vain

Though skilled, has ended up in ignorance,

عاجز عن فهم دائي

عاجز عن فهم دائي

مادرى من أين جاء!

مادرى من أين جاء!

Unable to understand my ailment,

To understand my malady

Incapable of understanding my malady,

Not knowing where it came from!

Not knowing whence it came!

Knowing not from whence it came!

لم أعدْ أرضي فؤاداً

لم أعدْ أرضي فؤاداً

واهـناً بالحب نـاء

واهـناً بالحب نـاء

I no longer appease a heart

No more can I appease a heart

I can no longer appease a heart,

Weak and weighed down by love.

Exhausted by love's joy and bane.

Frail and weighed down by love.

سَلْ غريمي كم دمـوعٍ

سَلْ غريمي كم دمـوعٍ

لم تصـحح ما أساء

لم تصـحح ما أساء

Ask my adversary how many tears

Ask my critic, how many tears

Ask my tormentor: how many tears

Failed to right the wrong he did.

Have failed to wash away the stain

Have failed to mend what he has wronged?

كيف أحيا دون قلبٍ

كيف أحيا دون قلبٍ

وهْوَ يلهو كيف شاء

وهْوَ يلهو كيف شاء

How can I live without a heart,

Of wrong - how without a heart

How can I live without a heart,

While he plays as he pleases?

That wantons as it will, remain?

While he plays however he pleases?

يا شهودي أنصفوني

يا شهودي أنصفوني

من عنيد قد أسـاء

من عنيد قد أسـاء

O my witnesses, grant me justice

O witnesses, judge between us -

O my witnesses, grant me justice

Against a stubborn one who has done wrong.

Me and the tyrant who caused me pain!

Against a stubborn one who has done wrong.