لَو تَراني وَحَبيبي عِندَما

لَو تَراني وَحَبيبي عِندَما

فَرَّ مِثلَ الظَبيِ مِن بَينِ يَدَيَّ

فَرَّ مِثلَ الظَبيِ مِن بَينِ يَدَيَّ

If only you could see me and my beloved when

If you could see me and my love when

He fled like a gazelle from between my hands,

He bolted like a gazelle before me

وَمَضى يَعدو وَأَعدو خَلفَهُ

وَمَضى يَعدو وَأَعدو خَلفَهُ

وَتَرانا قَد طَوَينا الأَرضَ طَيَّ

وَتَرانا قَد طَوَينا الأَرضَ طَيَّ

And he ran on while I ran after him,

And raced ahead as I gave chase behind

And you would see how we had folded up the earth.

You'd see we'd spanned the land completely

قالَ ما تَرجَعُ عَنّي قُلتُ لا

قالَ ما تَرجَعُ عَنّي قُلتُ لا

قالَ ما تَطلُبُ مِنّي قُلتُ شَيَّ

قالَ ما تَطلُبُ مِنّي قُلتُ شَيَّ

He said, “Won’t you leave me?” I said, “No.”

He said, will you not turn from me? I said, no way

He said, “What do you want from me?” I said, “Something.”

He said, what is it you want of me? I said, anything

فَاِنثَنى يَحمَرُّ مِنّي خَجَلاً

فَاِنثَنى يَحمَرُّ مِنّي خَجَلاً

وَثَناهُ التيهُ عَنّي لا إِلَيَّ

وَثَناهُ التيهُ عَنّي لا إِلَيَّ

Then he turned, blushing with embarrassment because of me,

Then he shied away, blushing from me in shame

And pride turned him away from me, not toward me.

And distraction took him from me, not to me

كِدتُ بَينَ الناسِ أَن أَلثِمَهُ

كِدتُ بَينَ الناسِ أَن أَلثِمَهُ

آهِ لَو أَفعَلُ ماكانَ عَليَّ

آهِ لَو أَفعَلُ ماكانَ عَليَّ

I almost kissed him among the people.

I almost kissed him openly among the people

Ah, if I were to do it, what blame would fall on me?

Oh, if only I'd done what was incumbent upon me