قلبي الشقي آلمتني

قلبي الشقي آلمتني

ورضيت منك فزدتني

ورضيت منك فزدتني

My wretched heart—you have caused me pain;

My wretched heart, you have hurt me.

I bore it from you, so you gave me still more.

And I accepted it from you, so you increased my pain.

ياقلبـي مابـك جائـر

ياقلبـي مابـك جائـر

أعلى الوفاء تلومني

أعلى الوفاء تلومني

O my heart, what ails you, unjust one?

O my heart, what ails you, unjust one?

Is it for my faithfulness that you blame me?

Is it for loyalty that you blame me?

ماكنت عاشق للهوان

ماكنت عاشق للهوان

أنت الـذي أوهمتنــي

أنت الـذي أوهمتنــي

I was never one to love humiliation;

I was no lover of humiliation;

you were the one who deluded me.

You are the one who deluded me.

حر أغيـــــــــر بعـــزة

حر أغيـــــــــر بعـــزة

وفي الغرام أسرتني

وفي الغرام أسرتني

Free, and fiercely protective of my dignity,

I am free, fiercely jealous and proud,

yet in passion you took me captive.

And in love you took me captive.

مابال قصدك في الهوى

مابال قصدك في الهوى

أإلى العـــذاب تسوقنــي

أإلى العـــذاب تسوقنــي

What is your purpose in love?

What is your purpose in love?

Is it toward torment that you drive me?

Is it toward torment that you drive me?

يابحــر ذنب كلـما

يابحــر ذنب كلـما

نجـوت منه يشدني

نجـوت منه يشدني

O sea of sin—whenever

O sea of sin, whenever

I escape it, it pulls me back.

I escape it, it draws me back.

ونفسي إن راودتها

ونفسي إن راودتها

على البعاد تعوقني

على البعاد تعوقني

And my soul, if I coax it

And my soul, if I try to persuade it

to remain afar, stands in my way.

To part, holds me back.

عزيز قـوم إرتضيـت

عزيز قـوم إرتضيـت

حكم الهوى فأذلني

حكم الهوى فأذلني

Honored among my people, I consented

Esteemed among my people, I accepted

to love’s rule, and it brought me low.

Love's rule, and it humbled me.