قُل لِمَن ضَنَّ بِوِدِّه

قُل لِمَن ضَنَّ بِوِدِّه

وَكَوى القَلبَ بِصَدِّه

وَكَوى القَلبَ بِصَدِّه

Say to him who withheld his affection

Tell the one who was stingy with his love

and seared the heart with his rejection:

And whose heart was bent by his rejection

ما ابتَلى اللَهُ فُؤادي

ما ابتَلى اللَهُ فُؤادي

بِكَ إِلّا شُؤمَ جَدِّه

بِكَ إِلّا شُؤمَ جَدِّه

God has not tried my heart

God did not test my heart with you

with you except because of its ill fortune.

Except for the misfortune of his seriousness

أَيُّها السارِقُ عَقلي

أَيُّها السارِقُ عَقلي

لا تَضِنَّنَّ بِرَدِّه

لا تَضِنَّنَّ بِرَدِّه

O you who stole my mind,

O you who stole my mind

do not begrudge returning it.

Do not reject me with your refusal

ما أَرى حُبَّكَ إِلّا

ما أَرى حُبَّكَ إِلّا

بالِغاً بي فَوقَ حَدِّه

بالِغاً بي فَوقَ حَدِّه

I see my love for you only

I see your love as nothing but

carrying me beyond its bounds.

Exceeding its limits with me