1. لا تُقَرِّعيني

    مَهما آذَيتُكِ

    Do not rebuke me

    however much I have hurt you.

  2. أَليسَ هُو حُبَّاً

    أَن أَجعَلَ غِيابَكِ

    Is it not love

    to make your absence

  3. قاسِياً

    عَلَيكِ أَيضاً .

    harsh

    on you too?

  4. /

    رَأَيتِ بِأُمِّ عَينَيكِ

    /

    You saw with your own eyes

  5. ماذا فَعَلتُ بِزَنابِقِكِ

    رَميتُها

    what I did to your lilies

    I threw them

  6. دُونَ قَصد

    في مِنفَضَةِ السَّجائر .

    without meaning to

    into the cigarette ashtray.

  7. /

    هَدايايَ طائشَة

    /

    My gifts are wayward

  8. أَبَداً لا تُصيبُ

    مُناسَباتِكِ

    they never hit

    your occasions.

  9. أَقولُ كلِماتٍ لا رابِطَ بَينَها

    وأقومُ بِحَركاتي المُضحِكَةِ ذاتِها

    I say words with no link between them

    and make those same comical gestures of mine

  10. وأَنا أُقدِّمُ لَكِ

    هَديَّتي

    as I offer you

    my gift

  11. في عِيدِ مِيلادِكِ

    ...

    on your birthday

    ...

  12. أَن

    أترُكَكِ .

    to

    leave you.

  13. /

    أَرسلتُ لَكِ

    /

    I sent you

  14. ثَلاثَ زَهراتٍ بَنَفسجيَّة

    رَتَّبتُها عَلى شَكلِ قَوسِ

    three violet-colored flowers

    I arranged them to form the arch of

  15. حاجِبِكِ .

    /

    your eyebrow.

    /

  16. كَرَمُكِ

    يَقطُرُ مِن يَدَيكِ

    Your generosity

    drips from your hands.

  17. هَدَاياي

    يُغلِّفُها

    My gifts

    are wrapped

  18. بُخلي ..

    by my stinginess...