ماكُنتُ مِمّن يمنحونَ قلوبَهم

للعابرينَ بِلَهفةٍ وتذلُّلِ

I was not one who gave my heart

To passersby with yearning and submission

لكنّني استسْلَمتُ حينَ عرَفتُهُ

فمنَحتُهُ في القلبِ أعمقَ منزلِ

But I surrendered when I knew him

So I gave him in my heart a deeper dwelling

فكأنّ سحرَ الليلِ من أسراراهِ

ولوجههِ نورٌ كصُبحٍ مُقبلِ

It's as if the magic of the night in its secrets

And his face has a light like the rising dawn

واللهِ ما طابَ المعيشُ بدونهِ

تبلى الحياةُ ونبضُ قلبي ما بلِي

By God, life was not good without him

Life wears out and my heart's pulse remained unwearied

فمِن السعادةِ أنّه في داخلي

بُستانُ أزهارٍ يُثيرُ تغزُّلي

So from happiness he is inside me

A garden of flowers that arouses my yearning

ومِن الجنونِ بأنني أحببتُهُ

حُباً يفوقُ تصوّري وتخيُّلي

And from madness that I loved him

A love that exceeds my imagination and fantasy

سأصونُهُ مادامَ قلبي نابضاً

وأقولُ ياربّ السماءِ احفظهُ لي

I will protect him as long as my heart still beats

And I say oh Lord of the Heavens, keep him for me