لي حَبيبٌ لايُسَمّى

وَحَديثٌ لايُفَسَّر

I have a love who shall not be named,

And a tale that shall not be told,

تَعِبَ العاذِلُ في قِصَّ

ةِ وَجدي وَتَحَيَّر

The lovesick one grew weary relating

The story of my passion and was confounded.

آهِ لَو أَمكَنَني القَو

لُ لَعَلّي كُنتُ أُعذَر

Oh would that I were able to speak -

Perhaps I could offer some excuse!

لَستُ أَرضى لِحَبيبي

أَنَّهُ لِلناسِ يُذكَر

I cannot be pleased that my love

Is known amongst the people,

وَهوَ مَعروفٌ وَلَكِن

هُوَ مَعروفٌ مُنَكَّر

Though he is well-known, but

He is an infamous notoriety.

هُوَ ظَبيٌ فَإِذا ما

سُمتُهُ الوَصلَ تَنَمَّر

He is a gazelle, so when I call him

To meet me, he shies away.

فَتَرى دَمعي يَجري

وَلِساني يَتَعَثَّر

Thus you see my tears flow

And my tongue stumbles over itself.

سَيِّدي لاتُصغِ لِلوا

شي وَإِن قالَ فَأَكثَر

My lord, do not listen to the slanderer

Even if he says much more.

فَحَديثي غَيرُ ما قَد

ظَنَّهُ الواشي وَقَدَّر

For my words are not what

The slanderer supposed and judged.

إِنَّ ذَنبَ الغَدرِ في الحُب

بِ لَذَنبٌ لا يُكَفَّر

Surely the sin of betrayal in love

Is a sin that cannot be forgiven.

طالَتِ الشَكوى وَمَلَّ ال

سَمعُ مِمّا يَتَكَرَّر

My complaining has become long

And hearing it constantly repeated is tiring,

وَاِنقَضى عُمُري وَحالي

هُوَ حالي ماتَغَيَّر

My life has passed and my state

Remains unchanged.