أَعطَيتُ حُبّي شادِناً لَم يُعطِني

أَعطَيتُ حُبّي شادِناً لَم يُعطِني

مِثقالَ حَبَّةِ خَردَلٍ مِن حُبِّهِ

مِثقالَ حَبَّةِ خَردَلٍ مِن حُبِّهِ

I gave my love to a young gazelle who gave me not

I gave my love unstintingly, but he

A mustard seed’s weight of his love.

did not give me a mustard seed's worth of his love.

لا تُستَلَذُّ لِيَ الحَياةُ لِأَنَّني

لا تُستَلَذُّ لِيَ الحَياةُ لِأَنَّني

لا أَستَلَذُّ مَذاقَها إِلّا بِهِ

لا أَستَلَذُّ مَذاقَها إِلّا بِهِ

Life holds no sweetness for me, because I

Life gives me no joy, because

Find its taste sweet only through him.

I find its taste sweet only through him.

فَليَبقَ لِلقَلبِ الَّذي فيهِ لَهُ

فَليَبقَ لِلقَلبِ الَّذي فيهِ لَهُ

ما لَيسَ مِنهُ ذَرَّةٌ في قَلبِهِ

ما لَيسَ مِنهُ ذَرَّةٌ في قَلبِهِ

So may he live on for the heart that holds for him

So let the heart that contains him

A love of which his own heart holds not a speck.

keep what is not in his heart a speck.