عجب ما لخلي يماطل محبه

ويعلم سقمي ويبخل بطبه

How strange is my beloved's procrastination of love

He knows my sickness yet is stingy with the cure

ألا ما لقلبي جنب فيه غضبه

إذا كان جانب فكيف شا أقول به

Why does my heart harbor his anger

When he's my companion, how can I speak ill of him?

حرامه حرامه قتلني ظلامه

وكلفني أشرب صويفي المدامه

His abandonment, his abandonment has killed me, his darkness

And burdened me to drink the wine of separation

علامه تقولوا هجرني علامه

وقلبي المسكين ايش كان ذنبه

Why do you say he has deserted me, why?

While my poor heart, what was its crime?

إذا أمسى تنفس إذا الليل عسعس

إذا النور نسنس وصبحي تنفس

When the evening sighs, when the night falls

When dawn whispers, my breath sighs

ذكرت أشنب العس بعينيه نرجس

سفرجل سجنجل كصدره وكعبه

I remembered his hazel eyes like narcissus

His leg a branch, his chest a hill

رويدك بنفسك حبي واحذر التيه

أتحرق قليبي وحبك سكن فيه

Slow down my love, beware of going astray

You set my heart on fire, your love dwells within

إذا أحرقت قلبي فمن شا يداويه

اليك انتهى أمره وبعده وقربه

If you inflame my heart, who then can heal it?

To you has my soul gone, both far and near

عجب للعواذل فماذا يقولون

ومن يحرم الحبّ لا شك مغبون

How strange are the flirts, what can they say?

Those who forbid love are surely misguided

يرومون أسلو بعيد ما يرومون

يخلون قلبي يدبره ربه

They aspire to a distant goal, but they will not reach it

They leave my heart for its Lord to arrange