ذَكَرْتُكَ بِالْعُودِ عَانَقْتُهُ

ذَكَرْتُكَ بِالْعُودِ عَانَقْتُهُ

وَدَمْعِي مِنْ مُقْلَتِي يَسْتَبِقْ

وَدَمْعِي مِنْ مُقْلَتِي يَسْتَبِقْ

I remembered you as I embraced the oud,

I remembered you with the lute, embracing it

And my tears raced from my eye.

And my tears from my eyelids outpacing

أَضُمَّ إِلَى جَسَدِي مَا ضَمَمْ

أَضُمَّ إِلَى جَسَدِي مَا ضَمَمْ

تُ مِنْهُ وَأَلْزَمُهُ مُعْتَنِقْ

تُ مِنْهُ وَأَلْزَمُهُ مُعْتَنِقْ

I press to my body what I have clasped

I press to my body what you pressed

Of it, and cling to it in an embrace.

And make it cling, embraced

وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْهُ إِذَا مَا دَنَا

وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْهُ إِذَا مَا دَنَا

إِلَى كَبِدِي كَيْفَ لاَ يَحْتَرِقْ

إِلَى كَبِدِي كَيْفَ لاَ يَحْتَرِقْ

And I marvel at it when it draws near

And I'm amazed when it comes near

To my liver—how does it not burn?

To my liver, how it does not burn