هذا الكتاب الذي هام الفؤَادُ بهِ

هذا الكتاب الذي هام الفؤَادُ بهِ

يا ليتني قلمٌ في كفّ كاتبِهِ

يا ليتني قلمٌ في كفّ كاتبِهِ

This book, with which the heart is enamored—

This book that stirs my heart's desire

Oh, if only I were a pen in its writer's hand!

Would that I were a pen in the hand of its writer