إليكَ صحيفةَ شَكْوَى مُحِبٍّ

إليكَ صحيفةَ شَكْوَى مُحِبٍّ

شَجٍ في جَحيمِ الهَوى قَدْ هَوى

شَجٍ في جَحيمِ الهَوى قَدْ هَوى

To you, a page of a lover's complaint—

To you a letter of complaint from a lover

sorrow-stricken, who has fallen into the hell of passion.

Tormented in the hell of passion which he fell into

وما عَبثاً خَطَّها بالهَواءِ

وما عَبثاً خَطَّها بالهَواءِ

ولكِنْ لِيُنبي بِفَرْطِ الهَوى

ولكِنْ لِيُنبي بِفَرْطِ الهَوى

And not in vain did he write it in the air,

And not in vain he wrote it in the air

but to tell of the intensity of his passion.

But rather to declare his excessive passion