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Passion leads to misguidance, and misguidance is to follow passion,

هوى من غوى والغي أن تتبع الهوى

1. Passion leads to misguidance, and misguidance is to follow passion,
So woe to him whose singing made him obey his passion,

١. هوى من غوى والغيُّ أن تتبع الهوى
فويلٌ لذي غُنِّي أطاع هواه

2. This worldly life is humiliation, and indeed
The young man becomes honorable through righteousness, not through anything else,

٢. هَوَى هذه الدنيا هوانٌ وإنما
يَعزُّ الفتى بالرشد لا بسواه

3. Your humiliation is a loss, so seek success through piety,
For piety is a clear path that leads to it,

٣. هوانُك غبنٌ فاطلب الفوز بالتقى
فإن التُقى نهجُ تلوحُ صواه

4. He is the Truth, and the guide to Him is Muhammad,
And Gabriel conveyed it from the Lord of worshipers,

٤. هو الحقُّ والهادي إليه محمدٌ
وجبريلُ عن ربِّ العباد رواه

5. Your guides are the verses of the Scripture, and indeed they
Heal the burning thirst of whoever complains of his thirst,

٥. هواديك آيات الكتاب وإنها
لتشفى جوىً من يشتكي بجواه

6. The yearnings of my longings embarked
To a grave after life enclosed it,

٦. هوائج أشواقي ركائبُ باكرتْ
إلى جدث بعد الحياة حواه

7. My worries from the heat of departure, so you do not see
Anything but scorching sands burning the dunes,

٧. هوائمُ من حرِّ الهجير فلا ترى
سوى رمضٍ تشوي الرمال شواه

8. Quenching, so whoever was thirsty, thirst intensified for him
There, and whoever was hungry, hunger intensified for him,

٨. هوافٍ فمن ظمآن ظمّره الظما
هناكَ ومن طاوٍ طواه طواه

9. I fell in love with being content with whoever I fell for,
So bring him closer to whoever loves his intent,

٩. هويتُ باكتفا من من هوتْ به
فقرّبه ممن يحبُّ نواه

10. My passions are my tears or my passions are my wings,
It spread what the bare land enclosed,

١٠. هوامي دموعي أو هوامي جوانحي
نَشَرنَ الذي كان العراء طواه