أتُرى يذكرونه أم نسوهُ

هم سَقوه الهوى وهم أسكروهُ

Do they remember me or have they forgotten?

They intoxicated him with passion, and made him drunk.

عللوه فكان أقتلَ شيءٍ

ذلك الصدُّ بعدما علَّلوهُ

They blamed him, so he became the dearest thing,

That aloofness after they had blamed him.

عمرَك الله.. هل عرفتَ فؤاداً

كفؤادي عليه جارَ ذووهُ

May God grant you a long life... Have you known a heart,

Like mine, with those who reside by it tormenting it?

ليتهم يذكرون ليلة كنَّا

و الهوى نحن أمه و أبوهُ

If only they would remember the night we had,

When passion was our mother and father,

و عيون النجوم ترنو إلينا

و لسان الدجى يكاد يفوهُ

And the eyes of the stars gazed upon us,

And the tongue of the darkness almost revealed us,

و النسيم الخفيف يلهو بثوبَينا

كطفل أهلوه ما هذَّبوهُ

And the gentle breeze toyed with our clothes,

Like a child they adored without disciplining him,

ورشفنا كأس الحميا فباحت

بالذي في الصدور منا الوجوهُ

And we drank from the cup of love, so smiles shone

On the faces among us, the bashful ones.

قلتُ أهواك يا ملاكي فردَّتْ

مقلتاه لكن تلعثم فوهُ

I said "I love you, my angel," and her eyelids replied,

But her mouth stammered, not speaking out.