وَيح قَلبي كَم يُقاسي شَجناً

وَيح قَلبي كَم يُقاسي شَجناً

وَبودّي أَنَّهُ لا يعشقُ

وَبودّي أَنَّهُ لا يعشقُ

Alas for my heart! How much sorrow it endures!

Oh my aching heart, how much sorrow it bears

And I wish it would not fall in love.

Yet I wish it would not fall in love

كُلّما قُلت سَلا عَهد الصبا

كُلّما قُلت سَلا عَهد الصبا

قال لي إِنَّ التَصابي أليقُ

قال لي إِنَّ التَصابي أليقُ

Whenever I said it had forgotten the days of youth,

Whenever I said goodbye to the days of youth

It told me that youthful dalliance was more fitting.

It told me composure is more fitting

قاتِلي ذو مُقلة زَرقاء لَم

قاتِلي ذو مُقلة زَرقاء لَم

أَرَها إِلّا وَقَلبي يَخفقُ

أَرَها إِلّا وَقَلبي يَخفقُ

My slayer has a blue eye; never

My killer has blue eyeliner, I've never

Have I seen it without my heart pounding.

Seen it except my heart starts pounding

يا رَشيق القَدّ رِفقاً بِفَتىً

يا رَشيق القَدّ رِفقاً بِفَتىً

بِسِهام اللَحظ أَضحى يَرشقُ

بِسِهام اللَحظ أَضحى يَرشقُ

O you of graceful form, be gentle with a youth

O elegant of stature, go easy on a lad

Now struck by the arrows of the glance.

Who by your glance's arrows is pierced

أَعدوّي عَينكَ الزَرقاءُ أَم

أَعدوّي عَينكَ الزَرقاءُ أَم

هِيَ لي مَحبوبَةٌ لا تُشفِقُ

هِيَ لي مَحبوبَةٌ لا تُشفِقُ

Is your blue eye my enemy, or

Does your blue eye torment me or

Is it my beloved, who shows no pity?

Is it a beloved who shows no mercy?

ما سَمعنا بحبيب أَزرَق

ما سَمعنا بحبيب أَزرَق

إِنَّما قالوا عَدوٌّ أَزرَقُ

إِنَّما قالوا عَدوٌّ أَزرَقُ

We have never heard of a blue-eyed beloved;

Never heard of a blue eyed sweetheart

They have only said, 'A blue-eyed enemy.'

Rather they say a blue eyed foe