وشى العاذلونَ بأني سلوت

وشى العاذلونَ بأني سلوت

وأنَّ الجفونَ ألفنَ الرقادْ

وأنَّ الجفونَ ألفنَ الرقادْ

The reproachers spread tales that I had forgotten her,

The talebearers whispered that I was sleeping,

And that my eyelids had grown accustomed to sleep.

That my eyelids were used to slumber.

فلما رأتني من خدرها

فلما رأتني من خدرها

أشارتْ لقلبي بالابتعادْ

أشارتْ لقلبي بالابتعادْ

So when she saw me from her secluded chamber,

But when she saw me numb from it,

She signaled to my heart to keep away.

She gestured to my heart to distance itself.

وهزتَ ستارتها باليدينِ

وهزتَ ستارتها باليدينِ

تعلمني كيفَ خفقُ الفؤادْ

تعلمني كيفَ خفقُ الفؤادْ

And she shook her curtain with both hands,

And she shook her veil with both hands -

Teaching me how the heart flutters.

Teaching me how a heart flutters and pounds.