1. قالتْ : لقد علَّمتني الحبَّ العميق

    وفتحتَ لي باباً ومهَّدتَ الطَّريقا

    She said: You have indeed taught me deep love,

    and opened a door for me and paved the way.

  2. علَّمتني طُرق الحنينِ إليك حتَّى

    بلَّغتني في لُجَّةِ الحبِّ المضيقا

    You taught me the paths of longing for you, until

    you brought me to the narrow strait in love's deep waters.

  3. علَّمتني أرْقى لُغات الحبِّ حتَّى

    أحببتُ في لغةِ الهوى اللَّفظَ الأنيقا

    You taught me the loftiest languages of love, until

    I loved the elegant wording in the language of passion.

  4. أخرجتني من عزلتي وكسرتَ باب

    لولاكَ لمْ يكسَرْ ، ولم أجدِ البريقا

    You brought me out of my solitude and broke open a door

    that, but for you, would not have been broken; nor would I have found the gleam.

  5. أنت الذي أشعلتَ نيران اشتياقي

    وأَثَرْتَ منها بين أضلاعي الحريقا

    You are the one who kindled the fires of my yearning,

    and from them stirred up the blaze between my ribs.

  6. وغرستَ لي أزهار أشواقٍ وحبٍّ

    وملأتَ كأس ترقُّبي منها رحيقا

    And you planted for me flowers of longing and love,

    and filled the cup of my anticipation with their nectar.

  7. سافرتَ بي حتى رأيتُ غروبَ حزني

    ينأى ، وحتَّى صرتُ أحتضن الشروقا

    You journeyed with me until I saw my sorrow's sunset

    recede, and until I came to embrace the sunrise.

  8. علَّمتني ما لذَّ من همسٍ رقيقٍ

    وجعلتني أَتَعَشَّقُ الهمس الرَّقيقا

    You taught me the sweetness of tender whispering,

    and made me adore tender whispering.

  9. علَّمتني ما كنتُ أجهل من جنونٍ

    حتَّى تمنى خافقي ألاَّ يُفيقا

    You taught me what I had not known of madness,

    until my beating heart wished never to come to its senses.

  10. علَّمتني في الحبِّ درساً كنتَ فيهِ

    أنتَ الحبيبَ ، وكنتَ لي الصَّديقا

    You taught me a lesson in love, in which you were

    the beloved, and you were my friend.

  11. فمتى تعلِّمني بربكَ حينَ تنأى

    صبراً وعزماً صادقاً حتَّى أُطيقا؟!

    So when, by your Lord, will you teach me—when you draw away—

    patience and true resolve, so that I may endure?

  12. ومتى تعلِّمني السُلُوَّ إذا ابتعدْن

    عن بعضنا،ومتى تكون بي الشَّفيقا؟!

    And when will you teach me to forget, if we draw apart

    from one another, and when will you be compassionate toward me?

  13. فأجبتها ، دَرْسُ السُّلُوِّ عليِّ صعبٌ

    لمْ أستطعْ أنْ أفهم الدَّرس العميقا

    So I answered her: The lesson of forgetting is hard for me;

    I was unable to understand the profound lesson.