ماانفكّ صوتكَ في روحي يراودها

ماانفكّ صوتكَ في روحي يراودها

ذكرى بنتْ في صميم الروح بنيانا

ذكرى بنتْ في صميم الروح بنيانا

Your voice has never ceased to woo my soul from within—

Your voice does not cease to haunt my soul

A memory that built an edifice in the soul's very core.

A memory embedded deep within my being

ماهئتُ والله .. كلا أو هممتُ به

ماهئتُ والله .. كلا أو هممتُ به

ولا رأيتُ لكي أقصيه بُرهانا

ولا رأيتُ لكي أقصيه بُرهانا

I never readied myself for it, by God—no—nor even thought of it.

I swear by God, no, I never intended it

Nor have I found any proof to banish it.

Nor did I see a reason to prove it right

استنزل الصبر .. من لي ؟ لا بشيرَ ولمْ

استنزل الصبر .. من لي ؟ لا بشيرَ ولمْ

تحمل ليَ الريحُ .. ممن غابَ سلوانا

تحمل ليَ الريحُ .. ممن غابَ سلوانا

I call down patience—who is there for me? No bearer of glad tidings, nor has

Patience deserted me, who do I have? No bringer of good tidings

the wind brought me solace from the one who is gone.

The wind did not carry to me, from the one who is absent, any solace

حيرى .. كأنّي على الأعرافِ واقفةٌ

حيرى .. كأنّي على الأعرافِ واقفةٌ

ياليت أنّ الهوى والشوقَ ..  ما كانا

ياليت أنّ الهوى والشوقَ .. ما كانا

Bewildered—as though I were standing upon the Heights.

Perplexed am I, as if standing on high ground

Oh, if only love and longing had never been.

If only this love and yearning had not been