ليسَ قدرُ الفؤادِ أن يَهواكا

لا ولا قدرُ ناظرٍ أن يَراكا

It is not destiny that my heart should love you

Nor is it destiny that a seer should see you

غايَتي أن أَرى مُحباً رأى وَج

هَكَ في دَهرِه وكانَ هَواكا

My goal is to see a lover who saw your face

In his lifetime and made you his longing

وأطيعُ الذي تحبُّ من الأم

رِ وإن كانَ في المَماتِ رِضاكا

And I obey whom you love among mankind

Even if consent lies in death

أنا مِن كلِّ مَن رأَيتُ خلي

ومِن الناس كلِّهم حاشاكا

Of all those I have seen, I belong to none

And of all people, to none but you