حُبُّكَlove for you ياO أَحمَدُAhmad أَضنانيhas worn me out
حُبُّكَ يا أَحمَدُ أَضناني
ياO قَمَراًa moon فيin شَخصِthe form of إِنسانِa human being
يا قَمَراً في شَخصِ إِنسانِ
Love for you, O Ahmad, has worn me out.
Your love, O Ahmed, makes me swoon
Your love, O Ahmed, has worn me away,
O moon in human form,
Like a moon in human form
O moon embodied in the shape of a man,
ياO وَردَةًa rose أَعجَلَهاhastened its plucking قاطِفٌa picker
يا وَردَةً أَعجَلَها قاطِفٌ
مَرَّpassed بِهاby it مِنfrom بابِthe gate of عُثمانِUthman
مَرَّ بِها مِن بابِ عُثمانِ
O rose, plucked too soon by a picker
Like a rose plucked by a picker
O rose, too hastily snatched by a hand
Who passed by it, coming from Uthman's gate.
Who passed by Othman's door
That passed with it through the Gate of Uthman.