مُعَذَّرٌ عشت بتقبيلِهِ

مُعَذَّرٌ عشت بتقبيلِهِ

فمتُّ مِنْ عشقٍ وَمَنْ عاشَ ماتْ

فمتُّ مِنْ عشقٍ وَمَنْ عاشَ ماتْ

A downy-cheeked youth—I lived by kissing him.

Forgive me, I lived by his kiss

Then I died of love—and whoever lives dies.

I died of love, and he who lived, died

فثغرُهُ والشعرُ في خدِّهِ

فثغرُهُ والشعرُ في خدِّهِ

هذا سُنَيْناتٌ وهذا نباتْ

هذا سُنَيْناتٌ وهذا نباتْ

For his mouth and the hair on his cheek:

His mouth and the hair on his cheek

The one is tiny teeth, and the other is vegetation.

This is our way of life, this is our nature