دمي عليك حرام

دمي عليك حرام

وبي إليك أوام

وبي إليك أوام

My blood is forbidden for you to shed.

My blood is forbidden to you

And I burn with thirst for you.

And my heart yearns for you

وعام وصلك يوم

وعام وصلك يوم

ويوم هجرك عام

ويوم هجرك عام

And a year of union with you is a day,

A year when I reached you

And a day of your estrangement is a year.

And a year when I left you

لم يسم جفنك جفنا

لم يسم جفنك جفنا

إلا وفيه حسام

إلا وفيه حسام

Your eyelid was called a 'sheath' only

No eyelid of yours has slept

Because within it lies a sword.

Without in it a sword