دَعِي عِزّةَ النّفْس ِتُنجيكِ مِنّي

دَعِي عِزّةَ النّفْس ِتُنجيكِ مِنّي

فقد ماتَ بين الضلوع ِالحنينْ

فقد ماتَ بين الضلوع ِالحنينْ

Let self-respect save you from me.

Leave your pride, it won't save you from me

For longing has died between the ribs.

For yearning has died within my ribs

لقد أنهكَ العُمرَ فَرْطُ التمنّى

لقد أنهكَ العُمرَ فَرْطُ التمنّى

وقلبُكِ فى جفوةٍ لا يلينْ

وقلبُكِ فى جفوةٍ لا يلينْ

Too much wishing has indeed worn life out.

Life wasted away in futile wishing

And your heart, in its coldness, does not soften.

While your heart remains cold and unyielding

فأنَّى لقلبي أن يُسْتَرقَّ

فأنَّى لقلبي أن يُسْتَرقَّ

وأنى لقلبِكِ أن يَسْتكينْ

وأنى لقلبِكِ أن يَسْتكينْ

So how can my heart be enslaved?

How can my heart gently steal its way in

And how can your heart yield?

When your heart refuses to be stilled?

لقد سقطَ الحبُّ من راحتيكِ

لقد سقطَ الحبُّ من راحتيكِ

وأنتِ كما أنتِ لا تعلمينْ

وأنتِ كما أنتِ لا تعلمينْ

Love has indeed fallen from your palms.

Love has slipped out of your hands

And you, just as you are, do not know.

And you, as you are, remain unknowing