يا طولَ هَمّي بِما لا يَعلَمُ الناسُ

يا طولَ هَمّي بِما لا يَعلَمُ الناسُ

رَجاءُ وُدِّكِ يَنعاهُ لِيَ الياسُ

رَجاءُ وُدِّكِ يَنعاهُ لِيَ الياسُ

Oh, how prolonged my sorrow over what people do not know!

Oh length of my worries unknown to people

Despair announces to me the death of my hope for your love.

Your love's hope is wished by me though it despairs

كَم ذي هَوىً لَيسَ إِلّا اللَهُ يَعلَمُهُ

كَم ذي هَوىً لَيسَ إِلّا اللَهُ يَعلَمُهُ

قَد ماتَ شَوقاً وَلَم يَعلَم بِهِ الناسُ

قَد ماتَ شَوقاً وَلَم يَعلَم بِهِ الناسُ

How many a lover, whom God alone knows,

How many with passion that only God knows

Has died of longing, while people knew nothing of him.

Have died of yearning with people unaware