أبدي ابتساما والنار في كبدي

أبدي ابتساما والنار في كبدي

ولي فؤاد تذيبه الحرق

ولي فؤاد تذيبه الحرق

I show a smile while fire burns in my breast;

I show a smile, though fire is in my liver,

yet mine is a heart that burning anguish melts—

And I have a heart that burning sorrows melt.

كالمندل الرطب من خصائصه

كالمندل الرطب من خصائصه

يضوع للناس وهو يحترق

يضوع للناس وهو يحترق

like moist mandalwood, one of whose special qualities

Like moist aloeswood, whose nature it is

is to breathe fragrance for all even as it burns.

To spread its fragrance to people as it burns.