1. Had love's law, O people, rulers to enforce it
I'd not have yearned, care-crazed, sleepless, nor felt forlorn
١. لَو كانَ لشرعِ الحُبِّ يا قومُ وُلاه
ما بِتُّ وَمِن هيَّمني عنِّي لاه
2. Had he in beauty's realm been but a mortal
He'd be a prophet made; nay, e'en a god reborn!
٢. لَو صارَ سِواهُ في البَرايا بَشَرٌ
في الحُسنِ نَبيَّاً كانَ قَد صارَ إِلَه