مَلَكْتَ أَعْشَارَ قَلْبِي وَهَوَاكَ حَوَى

جِسْمِي فَأَسْلَمَهُ لِلْبَثِّ وَالْحَزَنِ

You own a tenth of my heart, and your love

You have possessed every fragment of my heart, and your love has consumed

Has taken over my body, leaving it to sadness and torment.

my body, surrendering it to anguish and grief.

فَاشْفَعْ بِوَصْلِكَ جِسْمِي وَاضْمُمَنْهُ إِلَى

قَلْبِي الْمُعَنَّى وَخَلِّصْهُ مِنَ الْمِحَنِ

So intercede with your union, bring my body relief,

So pair my body through your union, and draw it close to

And attach it to my burdened heart, saving it from trials.

my tormented heart, and deliver it from its afflictions.

وَاهْنَأْ بِمِلْكِ فَتىً مَا إِنْ يُعَادِلُهُ

مَالُ الْعِرَاقِ وَلاَ مُلْكُ ابْنِ ذِي يَزَنِ

Rejoice in owning a young man, whom neither

And rejoice in possessing a youth who cannot be equaled by

The wealth of Iraq nor the kingdom of the son of Yazan can equal.

the wealth of Iraq, nor the kingdom of Ibn Dhi Yazan.