دَعِي عِزّةَ النّفْس ِتُنجيكِ مِنّي

فقد ماتَ بين الضلوع ِالحنينْ

Leave your pride, it won't save you from me

For yearning has died within my ribs

لقد أنهكَ العُمرَ فَرْطُ التمنّى

وقلبُكِ فى جفوةٍ لا يلينْ

Life wasted away in futile wishing

While your heart remains cold and unyielding

فأنَّى لقلبي أن يُسْتَرقَّ

وأنى لقلبِكِ أن يَسْتكينْ

How can my heart gently steal its way in

When your heart refuses to be stilled?

لقد سقطَ الحبُّ من راحتيكِ

وأنتِ كما أنتِ لا تعلمينْ

Love has slipped out of your hands

And you, as you are, remain unknowing