ولطيفة نشرت فؤادي في غضا

ولطيفة نشرت فؤادي في غضا

جمر الجفا وطوته تحت خيامها

جمر الجفا وطوته تحت خيامها

And a delicate beauty unfolded my heart amid the ghada-wood

The gentle one spread my heart in the meadow

embers of estrangement, and folded it beneath her tents.

Embers of estrangement, she folded it under her tent

فحنينه وأنينه وجنونه

فحنينه وأنينه وجنونه

لخيامها وكلامها ومدامها

لخيامها وكلامها ومدامها

So its yearning, its moaning, and its madness

So its yearning, its sighing, its madness

are for her tents, her words, and her wine.

Is for her tent, her words, her wine