1. أشعلت عمري شمعة

    يوم انطفت لشموع

    I lit my life as a candle

    When the candles went out,

  2. أو ذوَّبته امن الولعه

    لي به اوصابه مُوع

    And melted it with the burning passion

    That lay within it and brought it anguish.

  3. ألعي أوُ اطلب فزعه

    وما ياني المفزوع

    I cry out and ask for help,

    Yet the one I called upon has not come to me—

  4. امن الذي له سمعه

    والنب له مسموع

    From the one who has renown

    And whose word is heard.

  5. عمري بلاه اشنفعه

    لي من غدا ممنوع

    What use is my life without him,

    When he has become forbidden to me?