لَقَد عَذَّبتَني يا حُبَّ لُبنى

لَقَد عَذَّبتَني يا حُبَّ لُبنى

فَقَع إِمّا بِمَوتٍ أَو حَياةِ

فَقَع إِمّا بِمَوتٍ أَو حَياةِ

You have indeed tormented me, O love of Lubna.

You tortured me, O love of Lubna

So fall upon me with either death or life.

My demise will come either by death or life

فَإِنَّ المَوتَ أَروَحُ مِن حَياةٍ

فَإِنَّ المَوتَ أَروَحُ مِن حَياةٍ

نَدومُ عَلى التَباعُدِ وَالشَتاتِ

نَدومُ عَلى التَباعُدِ وَالشَتاتِ

For death is more restful than a life

For death is more comforting than a life

In which we live on, separated and scattered.

Where I regret the distance and separation

وَقالَ الأَقرَبونَ تَعَزَّ عَنها

وَقالَ الأَقرَبونَ تَعَزَّ عَنها

فَقُلتُ لَهُم إِذَن حانَت وَفاتي

فَقُلتُ لَهُم إِذَن حانَت وَفاتي

And my kinsfolk said, "Find solace without her."

And the kin said: be patient with her

So I said to them, "Then my death is at hand."

I said to them: then my time has come