فُؤادي بَينَ أَضلاعي غَريبُ

فُؤادي بَينَ أَضلاعي غَريبُ

يُنادي مَن يُحِبُّ فَلا يُجيبُ

يُنادي مَن يُحِبُّ فَلا يُجيبُ

My heart is a stranger among my ribs.

My heart within my ribs is a stranger

It calls to the one it loves, but receives no answer.

Calling out to one it loves but gets no answer

أَحاطَ بِهِ البَلاءُ فَكُلَّ يَومٍ

أَحاطَ بِهِ البَلاءُ فَكُلَّ يَومٍ

تُقارِعُهُ الصَبابَةُ وَالنَحيبُ

تُقارِعُهُ الصَبابَةُ وَالنَحيبُ

Affliction has closed in around it, and every day

Surrounded by afflictions, each new day

Passionate longing and sobbing batter it.

It is battered by youth and sorrow's cries

لَقَد جَلَبَ البَلاءَ عَلَيَّ قَلبي

لَقَد جَلَبَ البَلاءَ عَلَيَّ قَلبي

فَقَلبي مُذ عَلِمتُ لَهُ جَلوبُ

فَقَلبي مُذ عَلِمتُ لَهُ جَلوبُ

My heart has indeed brought affliction upon me;

Truly my heart brought this torment upon me

For my heart, ever since I have known it, has been a constant bringer of affliction.

So my heart, since knowing it, is evasive

فَإِن تَكُنِ القُلوبُ كَمِثلِ قَلبي

فَإِن تَكُنِ القُلوبُ كَمِثلِ قَلبي

فَلا كانَت إِذاً تِلكَ القُلوبُ

فَلا كانَت إِذاً تِلكَ القُلوبُ

So if hearts are like my heart,

If all hearts resemble mine, as it is

Then may those hearts never exist.

Then those hearts could have never existed