قَد سَدَّدوا العالَمَ في وَجهِهِ

وَا رُحمَتا لِلعاشِقِ المُستَهامْ

They have blocked the world in its face

Oh, have mercy on the passionate lover

مُقَطَّعُ القَلبِ إِذا لَمَّهُ

عادوا فَخَلُّوهُ كَسيراً حُطامْ

With a heart torn apart when it burns

They returned to leave him broken debris

لَم يَترُكوا المِسكينَ في هَمِّهِ

بَل حَمَّلوهُ كُلَّ عِبءِ المَلامْ

They did not leave the poor man in his worries

Rather, they burdened him with all the blame

يا لائِمي في الحُبِّ دَعني فَقَد

يَزدادُ بِاللَومِ سَعيرُ الغَرامْ

Oh you who blame me in love, leave me be

For with blame, the flames of passion grow

تُريدُ أَن تُطفِىءَ نارَ الجَوى

فَتُغرِقُ الصَبَّ الدُموعُ الجسامْ

You want to extinguish the fire of yearning

So the raging tears drown the resolute

سَلمى لَقَد تُهتُ فَهذي يَدي

سَلمى فَقودينيَ عَبرَ الظَلامْ

Salma, you are lost, here is my hand

Salma, so guide me through the darkness

أَنتِ بَصيصُ النورِ في ناظِري

وَالخافِقِ الثائِرُ بَينَ العِظامْ

You are a ray of light in my eyes

And the throbbing heart amidst the bones