ياللي نسيت الزمن وقلوبنا تعده

ياللي نسيت الزمن وقلوبنا تعده

كم ليلةٍ غبت والهاجوس يلعب بي

كم ليلةٍ غبت والهاجوس يلعب بي

O you who have forgotten time, while our hearts count it.

O you who forgot time and our hearts counting it

How many nights you were away while brooding thoughts toyed with me.

How many nights have I been absent with obsession playing with me

لا انت مع القلب يالغالي ولا ضده

لا انت مع القلب يالغالي ولا ضده

كله سوى راحتي والا تعب قلبي

كله سوى راحتي والا تعب قلبي

You are neither on the heart's side, dear one, nor against it.

You are neither with nor against my heart, O most precious one

It is all the same—my comfort or my heart's weariness.

It is all the same, except for my comfort or the toiling of my heart

يسيل قلبي على الخدين .. وارده

يسيل قلبي على الخدين .. وارده

خبرت قلبٍ من اللوعات ينحبي

خبرت قلبٍ من اللوعات ينحبي

My heart flows down both cheeks, and I hold it back.

My heart flows down my cheeks.. a rose water

Have you known a heart that sobs from the pangs of longing?

A heart experienced sorrows that make me ache

وان قلت لا بد يبرد زادت الشده

وان قلت لا بد يبرد زادت الشده

شقيت انا منك والشكوى على ربي

شقيت انا منك والشكوى على ربي

And when I say it is bound to cool, the anguish grows worse.

And if I say there must be a cooling, the passion increases

I have suffered because of you, and I bring my complaint to my Lord.

I am wretched because of you, and my complaint is to my Lord

يا من يغيب القمر لا من ظهر خده

يا من يغيب القمر لا من ظهر خده

الزين زينك وانا كثر الوله ذنبي

الزين زينك وانا كثر الوله ذنبي

O you whose cheek, when it appears, makes the moon vanish.

O you whose absence makes the moon disappear, not from his cheek

Beauty is yours; as for me, my sin is too much longing.

The beauty is your beauty, and I have many sins

من عانق السيف لازم يجرحه خده

من عانق السيف لازم يجرحه خده

ومن يعشق الجمر فيه النار تشتبي

ومن يعشق الجمر فيه النار تشتبي

Whoever embraces the sword is bound to be wounded by its cheek.

Whoever embraces a sword, his cheek is bound to be wounded

And whoever loves embers—the fire flares within him.

And whoever loves embers, in him the fire will kindle