أَوعَدتَني بِالقَتلِ مِن غَيرِ ما

جُرمٍ وَقَلبي رَهنُ كَفَّيكا

You threatened me with death though I committed no crime, while my heart lies captive in your hands.

O you who threaten my end, the dagger has sworn an alliance with your right hand to slay me.

يا موعِدي بِالقَتلِ قَد حالَفَ ال

خِنجَرُ في قَتلي يَمينَيكا

O you who summoned my heart to your love, and I replied: "I am at your service, seeking only to please you."

Yet the dagger with which you plunder my soul is not more deadly than the languorous gaze of your eyes.

يا مَن دَعا قَلبي إِلى حُبِّهِ

فَقُلتُ لَبَّيكَ وَسَعدَيكا

ما خِنجَرٌ تَسلُبُ روحي بِهِ

أَقتَلُ مِن تَفتيرِ عَينَيكا