1. O you who boast of my torment
Are you anything but a neighbor when fate decrees?
١. يا ذا الَّذي بِعَذابي ظَلَّ مُفتَخِرا
هَل أَنتَ إِلّا مَليكٌ جارَ إِذ قَدَرا
2. Were it not for passion, we would have vied in measure
For if I recover from it one day, you shall see
٢. لَولا الهَوى لَتَجارَينا عَلى قَدَرٍ
فَإِن أُفِق مِنهُ يَوماً ما فَسَوفَ تَرى