1. أَنا في الحَقيقَةِ أَنتُمُ

    هَذا اِعتِقادي فيكُمُ

    I am, in truth, you.

    This is my belief concerning you.

  2. فَالحُبُّ مِنّي فِيَّ وَال

    إِعراضُ مِنكُم عَنكُمُ

    For love is from me, within me, and

    turning away is from you, away from you.

  3. وَلَقَد كَتَمتُ هَواكُمُ

    لَو كانَ مِمّا يُكتَمُ

    And I would indeed have concealed my love for you,

    had it been something that could be concealed.

  4. هَيهاتَ لا وَحَياتِكُم

    حُبّي أَجَلُّ وَأَعظَمُ

    Far from it! No, by your lives:

    my love is loftier and greater.

  5. أَبكيكُمُ وَيُحَقُّ لي

    وَلَوَ اَنَّ ما أَبكي دَمُ

    I weep for you, and rightly so,

    even if the tears I shed were blood.

  6. أَأَصونُ دَمعي في الهَوى

    لِأَعَزَّ عِندي مِنكُمُ

    Should I save my tears in love

    for someone dearer to me than you?

  7. أَنتُم أَعَزُّ الناسِ كُل

    لِهِمُ عَلَيَّ وَأَكرَمُ

    You are the dearest of all people

    to me, and the most esteemed.

  8. ما لي وَفَيتُ وَخُنتُمُ

    هَذا وَأَنتُم أَنتُمُ

    How is it that I kept faith, yet you betrayed—

    and this, though you are who you are?

  9. لا عَتبَ بَعدَكُم عَلى ال

    قَومِ العِدى وَهُمُ هُمُ

    After you, there is no reproach for the

    enemy folk, who are who they are.

  10. حاشاكَ يا مَن لا أُسَم

    ميهِ تَجورُ وَتَظلِمُ

    Far be it from you, O you whom I do not

    name, to act unjustly and oppress.

  11. مَن لي سِواكَ إِذا شَكَو

    تُ لَهُ يَرِقُّ وَيَرحَمُ

    Who have I but you—one who, when I complain

    to him, grows tender and shows mercy?

  12. وَمَنِ الَّذي ياقاتِلي

    يَبكي عَلَيَّ وَيَندَمُ

    And who is it, O my slayer,

    who will weep over me and feel remorse?

  13. قَد مُتُّ مِن شَوقي إِلَي

    كَ تَعيشُ أَنتَ وَتَسلَمُ

    I have died of my longing for

    you; may you live and be safe.