1. God willed you dwell in the sublimity
Of one for whom we yearn with longing keen;
١. أَرارَ اللَهُ مُخَّكَ في السُّلامى
عَلى مَن بِالحِنينِ تُعَوِّلِينا
2. And you, though longing, are not like me—
I hid my love, while yours was seen.
٢. فَلَستِ وَإِن حَنَنتِ أَشدَّ شوقاً
وَلكِنِّي أُسِرُّ وَتُعلِنينا
3. I hid my love, lest evil tongues assail;
You bared your secret love, nor took thought for me.
٣. وَبي مِثلُ الَّذي بِكِ غَيرَ أَنّي
أَجلُّ عَن العِقالِ وَتُعقَلينا