1. قلبي في عنا

    بين المحبين

    My heart is in torment

    Among the lovers.

  2. كم أرجو المنا

    من حين إلى حين

    How often I hope my wishes will come true,

    From time to time.

  3. يا مسكين أنا

    مسكين مسكين

    Oh, how wretched I am!

    Wretched, wretched!

  4. يا أنا يا أنا

    ألفين في ألفين

    Oh, me! Oh, me!

    Two thousand times two thousand!

  5. مالي والهوى

    أنكى فؤادي

    What have I to do with love?

    It has sorely wounded my heart.

  6. أورثني الجود

    شرّد رقادي

    It bequeathed generosity to me,

    It drove my slumber away.

  7. في وادي اللوى

    قمر البوادي

    In the valley of al-Liwa,

    The moon of the desert lands

  8. أورثني الضنا

    يهوين يهوين

    Bequeathed wasting sickness to me.

    Yahuwayn, yahuwayn!

  9. لو ذاق الهوى

    من قد عذلي

    Had love been tasted

    By the one who reproached me,

  10. قد كان ارعوى

    وأمسى عذرني

    He would surely have desisted

    And come to excuse me.

  11. وأمسينا سوى

    فنه كفني

    And we would have become alike,

    His art like my art.

  12. واشتاق الغنى

    واخجل بشقين

    And he would have longed for wealth,

    And felt shame on both sides.

  13. دع عنك الهموم

    ما قد قضى كان

    Set your worries aside.

    What has been decreed has come to pass.

  14. واقصد ما تروم

    واترك الأشجان

    And seek what you desire,

    And leave sorrows behind.

  15. الشيء لا يدوم

    الدهر أحيان

    Nothing endures.

    Time has its seasons.

  16. كم قاصي ودان

    وبان ذا البين

    How many a distant one and a near one!

    And this separation became plain.