حَذَارِ لِقَلْبِكَ مِنْ لَحْظِهَا

حَذَارِ لِقَلْبِكَ مِنْ لَحْظِهَا

فَما فِيهِ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ لِلْمُحِبِّ

فَما فِيهِ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ لِلْمُحِبِّ

For your heart’s sake, beware her glance;

Beware of her glance, my heart

for it holds no mercy for the lover.

It holds no mercy for lovers

أَلَمْ تَرَ فِي يَدِهَا خَاتَماً

أَلَمْ تَرَ فِي يَدِهَا خَاتَماً

بِهِ قَطْرَةُ الدَّمِ فِي شَكْلِ قَلْبِ

بِهِ قَطْرَةُ الدَّمِ فِي شَكْلِ قَلْبِ

Have you not seen a ring on her hand,

Don't you see on her hand a ring

with a drop of blood in the shape of a heart?

With a blood red heart shaped stone