حلُّوا بعقدِ الحسنِ أجيادهم

حلُّوا بعقدِ الحسنِ أجيادهم

وحاولوا صبريَ حتَّى اسْتحال

وحاولوا صبريَ حتَّى اسْتحال

They adorned their necks with beauty’s necklace.

They unleashed their steeds with beauty's knot,

And they tried my patience until it could endure no more.

And tried my patience until it was transmuted.

فآه من عاطل صبرٍ مضى

فآه من عاطل صبرٍ مضى

والحمد لله على كلِّ حا

والحمد لله على كلِّ حا

So, ah, for unadorned patience now gone!

Alas for the passing of wasted patience!

And praise be to God in every [state—word truncated].

Thanks be to God for all circumstances.