صبراً فؤادي صبراً

صبراً فؤادي صبراً

فأنت بالصبر أحرى

فأنت بالصبر أحرى

Patience, my heart, patience.

Have patience, my heart, have patience

For patience is more fitting for you.

For with patience, you are more worthy

كانت أمانيك بيضاً

كانت أمانيك بيضاً

فأضحت اليوم غبرا

فأضحت اليوم غبرا

Your hopes were white,

Your wishes were white

and today they have turned dust-gray.

But today they became dust

وكنت كالماء عذباً

وكنت كالماء عذباً

واليوم أصبحت جمرا

واليوم أصبحت جمرا

And you were sweet as water,

And you were like sweet water

and today you have become embers.

And today you have become embers

أضافك الهم حتى

أضافك الهم حتى

ألفت همك دهرا

ألفت همك دهرا

Sorrow made you its guest, until

Worry has overtaken you until

you grew accustomed to your sorrow for an age.

You became accustomed to worry for an age

والحب قيد ثقيل

والحب قيد ثقيل

وقد عهدناك حرا

وقد عهدناك حرا

And love is a heavy fetter,

And love is a heavy shackle

yet we have known you free.

And we knew you were free

والحب ذل وقد ما

والحب ذل وقد ما

أبيت للذات أمرا

أبيت للذات أمرا

And love is abasement, though long ago

And love is humiliation, and you have

you denied pleasures any sway.

Never accepted orders for yourself

والناس أخدان غدر

والناس أخدان غدر

وأنت بالناس أدرى

وأنت بالناس أدرى

And people are companions of treachery,

And people are treacherous companions

and you know people better.

And you know people best

رضيت حب فتاة

رضيت حب فتاة

تبدل اليسر عسرا

تبدل اليسر عسرا

You accepted the love of a girl

You accepted the love of a girl

who turns ease into hardship.

Who makes ease into hardship

لها فؤاد جديب

لها فؤاد جديب

العار فيه استقرا

العار فيه استقرا

She has a barren heart,

She has a barren heart

in which shame has settled.

In which dishonor has settled

تسقيك باللحظ خمرا

تسقيك باللحظ خمرا

حتى تمايل سكرا

حتى تمايل سكرا

She gives you wine to drink with her glance,

She intoxicates you with her glance until

until you sway with drunkenness.

You sway drunkenly

والدمع في مقلتيها

والدمع في مقلتيها

ستر يحجب سرا

ستر يحجب سرا

And the tears in her eyes

And the tears in her eyelids

are a veil concealing a secret.

Are a veil that hides a secret

والابتسام تراه

والابتسام تراه

فتحسب الورد شعرا

فتحسب الورد شعرا

And you see her smile,

And you see her smile as

then take the roses for poetry.

If it were rose blossoms

يخفى عن العين كيداً

يخفى عن العين كيداً

منه المطامع تترى

منه المطامع تترى

It hides a scheme from the eye,

Hiding malice from the eyes

from which greedy desires follow in succession.

From which ambitions are seen

فكيف تهوى إليها

فكيف تهوى إليها

وأنت أرفع قدرا

وأنت أرفع قدرا

So how can you incline toward her,

So how can you love her

when you are of higher standing?

When you are of higher worth

تصبو لها من قديم

تصبو لها من قديم

وما صبوت لأخرى

وما صبوت لأخرى

You have yearned for her since long ago,

You have longed for her

and have yearned for no other.

And never longed for another

يدب فيك هواها

يدب فيك هواها

فيملأ القلب سحرا

فيملأ القلب سحرا

Love for her creeps within you,

Her love creeps into you

and fills the heart with enchantment.

And fills your heart with magic

فكيف تبعد عنها

فكيف تبعد عنها

وقد جهلت المقرا

وقد جهلت المقرا

So how can you draw away from her,

So how can you distance yourself from her

when you do not know where to settle?

When you do not know the path

وأنت صب عليل

وأنت صب عليل

من حبها لست تبرا

من حبها لست تبرا

And you are love-stricken and ailing;

And you are a lovesick youth

from love for her you do not recover.

Who will not recover from her love

فمت فؤادي إني

فمت فؤادي إني

وجدت عيشى مرا

وجدت عيشى مرا

So die, my heart, for I

My heart is dying, I have

have found my life bitter.

Found my life bitter

نشدتك الله نفسا

نشدتك الله نفسا

عاشت على الضيم بكرا

عاشت على الضيم بكرا

I implore you by God, O soul

I implore you by God, a soul

that lived under oppression, still a virgin.

That lived with injustice since youth