قاتلي في هواهُ من غير ذنبٍ

قاتلي في هواهُ من غير ذنبٍ

قُلْ لعينيكَ أيّ ذنبٍ لِقَلبي

قُلْ لعينيكَ أيّ ذنبٍ لِقَلبي

He slays me through my love for him, though I have done no wrong.

He kills me with his love though I've done no wrong

Tell your eyes: what sin has my heart committed?

Ask your eyes what wrong has my heart done

وسَل السَّمهريّ قدّكَ لِمْ ذَا

وسَل السَّمهريّ قدّكَ لِمْ ذَا

خصّني بالغرام مِن دونِ صحْبي

خصّني بالغرام مِن دونِ صحْبي

And ask your spear-like stature why it

And ask the Pleiades, why is it so

Has singled me out for passion, rather than my companions.

I alone was chosen by love not my friends

مَرَ عُمْري على الصّدود فهل يغلَطُ

مَرَ عُمْري على الصّدود فهل يغلَطُ

دهري بيومِ وصْلٍ وقربِ

دهري بيومِ وصْلٍ وقربِ

My life has passed in rejection; might it ever err—

My life has passed pining, would fate now err

My fate—and grant a day of union and closeness?

By granting me one day with my love near