ما زِلتُ أَسخَرُ مِمَّن

يُحِبُّ مَن لا يُحِبُّه

I still make fun of those

Who love ones who don't love them

حَتّى اِبتُليتُ بِمَن لا

يُحِبُّني وَأُحِبُّه

Until I was tested with one who doesn't

Love me, and I love him

يَهوى بُعادي وَهَجري

وَمُنيَتي الدَهرَ قُربُه

He desires my distance and aloofness

And my death is his nearness

فَلَيتَ قَلبي لَهُ كا

نَ مِثلَ ما لِيَ قَلبُه

If only my heart for him was

Like what his heart is for me