رأينا من الحسن ما راعنا

وأغرى بنا جمرات الفتون

We saw of beauty what enraptured us,

And the embers of passion set us aflame.

فيا بائع العشق رفقا بنا

ورفقا بأهداب هذي الجفون

O peddler of love, have mercy on us,

And mercy on these fluttering eyelids.

نصون الغرام ونزكى له

ضراما لمن للهوى لا يصون

We guard our love and tend to it,

Protecting it from those who do not cherish passion.

وهنّا على من وفينا له

فأصبح جهرا لقلبي يخون

Yet we pine for one we were loyal to,

Who now openly betrays my heart.