يا فؤادي، لستُ وحدي

في الهـوى بل أنت أولى

O my heart, you are not alone

O my heart, I am not alone

In love, rather you are foremost

In love, rather you take precedence.

أيْ حبيبـي لا تدنّـي

منه خذ دعماً وحِمْـلا

O my beloved, do not come close

O my beloved, do not demean me,

Seek from it support and a burden

Take from it support and bear its burden.

مُنْيَتـي عَـوْدٌ فدمعي

حار والأشجانُ حُبْـلى

My demise is a returning so my tears

My deepest wish is a return, for my tears

Became hot and the griefs pregnant

Are scalding, and the sorrows are teeming.

تائـهٌ، بـاكٍ، حزينٌ

أعطني من فيك قـولا

Lost, crying, sad

Wandering, weeping, and sorrowful,

Give me from what is in you, a word

Give me but a word from your lips.

ليتنـي أشركتُ عقلي

في مـخاضٍ وهْوَ أسْلى

If only I had involved my mind

If only I had engaged my mind

In labor while it was more calm

In this struggle, for it is more comforting,

حيث نـبدي أيَّ حَلٍّ

قد نلـاقي منه كِفْـلا

Where we show any solution

Where we might propose some solution,

That we may find some relief

From which we might gain a share of relief.

رغم حُمْقي، إن حـبي

ماثـلٌ، بل ليس قـولا

Despite my foolishness, my love

Despite my foolishness, truly my love

Is exemplary, not just words

Is manifest, and not merely words.

شَكْـلُ حب أرتـضيه

منك إحسانا وفضـلا

A form of love I accept

It is a form of love that I accept

From you, kindness and grace

From you as a benevolence and a grace.

لا تلومـي من فـراغٍ

لو أنـا أبْقَيْتُ سُـؤْلا

Do not blame me out of emptiness

Do not lay blame out of nowhere,

If I kept asking

If I have kept a plea alive.

إنمـا لـومي حـسوداً

كـالَ لي غَمّـاً وذُلا

Rather, blame the envious

Rather, lay your blame on an envious soul

Who told me sorrow and humiliation

Who meted out anguish and humiliation to me.

لا تزيـدي في شـقائي

فشـقائي زاد فـصلا

Do not increase my misery

Do not add to my misery,

For my misery brought separation

For my misery has grown by another chapter.

وشَـكاتـي غـير آهٍ

حين صار الوَجْدُ وصلا

And my complaints are not sighs

And my complaint is more than a mere sigh,

When ecstasy became connection

When burning passion became a union.

عندما أعددتُ حـالي

قلتَ: لا تسرع،فمهـلا

When I prepared my state

When I braced myself,

You said: Do not rush, be patient

You said: "Do not rush, take it slowly."

حينـها قدَّمتُ رجـلاً

بعدها أخَّـرتُ رِجـلا

Then I went forward a step

At that moment I put one foot forward,

Afterwards I delayed a step

And then I drew a foot back.

هل شُغِلتِ اليوم عنـي

أم تـرين الأمـر سهلا

Did you get busy from me today

Are you distracted from me today,

Or you see the matter easy

Or do you see the matter as trivial?

كلـما أثْنَيْتِ عـنـي

زِدْتُ إكرامـاً وعـدلا

Whenever you praise me

Whenever you turned away from me,

I increase in honor and justice

I increased in reverence and fairness.

لم يكن ما شئتَ مـني

ذات يـوم قـطََُّ حَـلا

What you wanted from me

What you desired from me was never,

Was never, ever a solution

On any given day, a sweet thing.

فـإذا أنـكرت ودّي

لا أرى من بـعدُ خِـلا

So if you deny my love

So if you deny my affection,

I won't see after that, a friend

I shall see no intimate friend thereafter.