ولما تجافيتم تعشقت غيركم

ولما تجافيتم تعشقت غيركم

لعلي أن ألقى بذلك سلوانا

لعلي أن ألقى بذلك سلوانا

And when you grew distant, I fell in love with someone else,

When you turned away, I sought to love another,

Hoping that through this I might find solace.

Hoping I might find in that some solace.

فما زادني إلا غراماً بحبكم

فما زادني إلا غراماً بحبكم

وأضحى الذي بي فيكم فوق ما كانا

وأضحى الذي بي فيكم فوق ما كانا

But this only increased my ardor in loving you,

But it only served to deepen my passion for you,

And what I felt for you became greater than it had been.

And make my longing grow beyond what it had been.