ما الحيلَةُ في الهَوى وَسرّي فاشِ

ما الحيلَةُ في الهَوى وَسرّي فاشِ

لَم آتك إِلّا وَفؤادي خاشِ

لَم آتك إِلّا وَفؤادي خاشِ

What recourse is there in love, with my secret laid bare?

What can I do about love and its secret, unveiled

I never came to you except with my heart afraid.

I come to you with nothing but a timid heart

أَسهرتُ لك اللَيل جُفوني لَكِن

أَسهرتُ لك اللَيل جُفوني لَكِن

من رقدة جَدّيَ اِنتِباهُ الواشي

من رقدة جَدّيَ اِنتِباهُ الواشي

For you I kept my eyelids awake through the night, but

I stayed up all night for you, though my eyelids

From my fortune's slumber comes the tale-bearer's awakening.

Were awakened from my grandfather's sleep by the sleepless one