عَلّمْتِ قَلْبِي وَجِيباً لَسْتُ أَعْرِفُهُ

عَلّمْتِ قَلْبِي وَجِيباً لَسْتُ أَعْرِفُهُ

ما أُنْكِرُ القَلبَ إلاَّ كُلّما خَفَقَا

ما أُنْكِرُ القَلبَ إلاَّ كُلّما خَفَقَا

You taught my heart a throbbing I do not recognize.

My heart taught me a pocket I do not recognize

Only when it beats do I find my heart unfamiliar.

I do not deny the heart except whenever it beats

يا شَوْقَ إِلْفَينِ حالَ البَيْنُ بَينهما

يا شَوْقَ إِلْفَينِ حالَ البَيْنُ بَينهما

فعاقَباهُ على التَّوْديعِ فاعْتَنَقا

فعاقَباهُ على التَّوْديعِ فاعْتَنَقا

O longing of two lovers between whom separation came!

O longing of two companions, separation came between them

So they punished it for the farewell by embracing.

So they punished it for the farewell, and embraced

لو كُنْتُ أَمْلِكُ عَيني ما بَكَيْتُ بها

لو كُنْتُ أَمْلِكُ عَيني ما بَكَيْتُ بها

تَطَيُّراً مِنْ بُكائي بَعْدَهُمْ شَفَقا

تَطَيُّراً مِنْ بُكائي بَعْدَهُمْ شَفَقا

If I could control my eye, I would not weep with it,

If I controlled my eyes I wouldn't have cried with them

Fearing the ill omen of my weeping twilight-red tears after them.

Frightened by my crying after them, yearning