ما كنت ممن يستشيط بسره

ما كنت ممن يستشيط بسره

فيذوع والأعضاء منه صموت

فيذوع والأعضاء منه صموت

I was not one to boil over with his secret,

I was not one who reveals his secret

So it spreads while his limbs remain silent.

Spreading while my limbs fall silent

لكن عمر السر عندي ساعة

لكن عمر السر عندي ساعة

يستوطن الأحشاء ثم يموت

يستوطن الأحشاء ثم يموت

But the secret's life with me is an hour:

Yet the life of a secret within me is an hour

It settles in the entrails, then dies.

It dwells in my guts then dies away