أنتَ ياقلـبي عنيـدٌ

لستُ وحـدي من نهاكَ

My heart, you are stubborn

O my heart, you are so stubborn,

I'm not the only one who forbids you

I am not the only one who warned you

عن جُـحودٍ مُسْتَديمٍ

كِلْـتَ لي منـهُ الهلاكَ

From constant ingratitude

Against a perpetual obstinacy

You have brought me ruin

From which you have meted out my ruin.

ثـائـرٌ في كـلِّ يـومٍ

لا تَــرى إلا رضاكَ

Rebellious every day

Rebellious every single day,

You only see your satisfaction

You see nothing but your own desires.

لا تغامـرْ، سِـرْ رُوَيْـداً

ابتعـدْ، حاذرْ كفاكَ

Don't take risks, go slowly

Do not be reckless, tread softly,

Stay away, beware your aggression

Step away, beware, enough is enough.

اصغ واسْتَمْسِكْ بِنُصْحي

إنَّ عقلي قد دعـاكَ

Listen and hold onto my advice

Listen and hold fast to my counsel,

My mind has called out to you

For my mind has called out to you.

فِتْـنـةٌ واحْتَرْتُ فيـها

قَـدْ أصابتْ من رعاكَ

It's a seduction and I'm confused in it

It is a seduction that leaves me bewildered,

It has struck what it struck you

It has afflicted the one who nurtured you.

يافـؤادي كنتَ إِلْـفي

ماالـذي عني دهـاكَ؟

My heart, you were my friend

O my heart, you were my intimate companion,

What has distanced you from me?

What has driven you away from me?

عَلَّ مَسّـاً من جـُنونٍ

حِـرْتُ في أمري فداكَ

A touch of madness came upon you

Perhaps it is a touch of madness;

I'm confused, my life for you

I am lost in my affairs, though I would be your ransom.

لم تعـدْ بَعْضـاً مُـصابـاً

قد رماني ما رمـاكَ

You've ceased being sympathetic

You are no longer just an afflicted part of me,

It cast me what it cast you

For what has struck you has also struck me.

كُنْ سـميعـاً يافـؤادي

عند عقلي خُذْ دواكَ

Be attentive my heart

Be willing to listen, O my heart,

Take your medicine with my mind

And seek your cure within my mind.