أَصبَحتُ في جَهدٍ وَفي كَربِ

أَصبَحتُ في جَهدٍ وَفي كَربِ

مُتَيَّماً مَستَلَبَ اللُبِّ

مُتَيَّماً مَستَلَبَ اللُبِّ

I am now in hardship and distress,

I'm in distress and in calamity

Enslaved by love, robbed of reason.

Yearning, with a heart that’s been stripped bare

أَورَثَني الحُبُّ جَوىً لازِماً

أَورَثَني الحُبُّ جَوىً لازِماً

أَستَنصِرُ اللَهَ عَلى الحُبِّ

أَستَنصِرُ اللَهَ عَلى الحُبِّ

Love has bequeathed me abiding, burning anguish;

Love has burdened me with lasting passion

I seek God's aid against love.

I seek God's help against this love

سَلَّطَتِ الحُزنَ بِإِعراضِها

سَلَّطَتِ الحُزنَ بِإِعراضِها

ظَلومُ فَاِستَولَت عَلى القَلبِ

ظَلومُ فَاِستَولَت عَلى القَلبِ

She unleashed sorrow by turning away—

Her rejection unleashed the sorrow

Ẓalūm—and so took possession of my heart.

So the cruel one took hold of my heart