1. انتي مثل قمراً على صفحة الما

    له صورة عندي وهي في السّما فوق

    You are like a moon upon the water's surface.

    Its reflection is with me, while it is in the sky above.

  2. اتصافحك عيني وأنا كفي أعمى

    مَالي جدى إلا مصافح الموق للموق

    My eye shakes hands with you, while my palm is blind.

    I gain nothing but one eye-corner shaking hands with another.

  3. ياما شربتك شوف من خوف لا أظما

    وياما الوله للوصل يّبس بي عروق

    How often I drank you in with my gaze, afraid I might go thirsty.

    And how often yearning for union dried up the veins within me.

  4. وياليتني بدلت نورك بظلما

    واخترت لي غيرك من الناس مخلوق

    If only I had exchanged your light for darkness,

    And chosen another human being for myself instead of you.

  5. اقول أحبك يا عذابي أو أكما

    لا حاصلٍ قربٍ ولا نافعٍ شوق

    Shall I say 'I love you,' O my torment, or keep it hidden?

    No closeness is attained, nor does longing do any good.