كُتبُ الهوى مني إِليكَ ومنكَ لي

تُرْجى ولكن ما لهنّ قِلاصُ

Letters of love from me to you and from you to me

Are hoped for, but what hope do they have

فاحْسِنْ بيَ الظَّنَّ الذي أحسنتُهُ

بِكَ مانأتْ عن بعضِها الأشخاصُ

So think well of me as I have thought well

Of you, though some suspect otherwise

فلنحنُ نحنُ وإِنْ تطاوَلَ عهدُنا

والحب حيث تشابكَ الإِخلاصُ

For we are still we, though long parted

And love remains where loyalty is intertwined