حرام على قلبي محبة غيركم

حرام على قلبي محبة غيركم

ولو هو شمس للبرية طالع

ولو هو شمس للبرية طالع

Loving anyone but you is forbidden to my heart,

My heart is forbidden to love any but you,

Even if that other were a sun rising for all creation.

Even if he is a sun rising over the land.

فقد حرمت عيني التلفت للسوى

فقد حرمت عيني التلفت للسوى

كما حرمت من اجل موسى المراضع

كما حرمت من اجل موسى المراضع

For I have forbidden my eye to turn toward anyone else,

My eyes are forbidden to glance towards another,

Just as wet nurses were forbidden for Moses’ sake.

As nursing mothers were forbidden for Moses' sake.

لكم نبتت في القلب مني محبة

لكم نبتت في القلب مني محبة

بها غصن روحي في التلهف يانع

بها غصن روحي في التلهف يانع

A love for you has sprouted in my heart;

For you a love has grown within my heart,

Through it, the branch of my soul flourishes in yearning.

By which the branch of my soul flourishes tenderly.

لقد نبتت بي رغم نيران هجركم

لقد نبتت بي رغم نيران هجركم

كما نبتت في الراحتين الاصابع

كما نبتت في الراحتين الاصابع

It has indeed grown within me despite the fires of your desertion,

It has grown in me despite the fires of your abandonment,

Just as fingers have grown on the two palms.

As fingers grow again on amputated hands.