قرطُهاher earring خافقٌfluttering وقلبيَand my heart أيضاًtoo
قرطُها خافقٌ وقلبيَ أيضاً
خافقٌfluttering منْfrom أليمِpainful صدٍّrejection وبَيْنِand parting
خافقٌ منْ أليمِ صدٍّ وبَيْنِ
Her earring flutters, and my heart, too,
Her earring flutters as does my heart
Flutters from painful rejection and parting.
Fluttering from painful estrangement between us
فاعْذُروهاso excuse her فيin العجْبvanity فَهْيَfor she is فتاةٌa maiden
فاعْذُروها في العجْب فَهْيَ فتاةٌ
أصبحتْshe has become وَهْيَwhile she تملكُpossesses الخافقينِthe two fluttering ones (also: East and West)
أصبحتْ وَهْيَ تملكُ الخافقينِ
So excuse her vanity, for she is a maiden
So forgive her the wonder - she's a maiden
Who has come to possess the two fluttering ones.
Who came to possess both fluttering hearts