إِذا لَم يَكُن لِلمَرءِ بُدٌ مِنَ الرَدى

إِذا لَم يَكُن لِلمَرءِ بُدٌ مِنَ الرَدى

فَأَكرَمُ أَسبابِ الرَدى سَبَبُ الحُبِّ

فَأَكرَمُ أَسبابِ الرَدى سَبَبُ الحُبِّ

If a person has no escape from death,

If death is inevitable for a man

then the noblest cause of death is love.

Then the cause of love is the noblest cause for death

وَلو أَنَّ خَلقاً كاتَمَ الحُبَّ قَلبَهُ

وَلو أَنَّ خَلقاً كاتَمَ الحُبَّ قَلبَهُ

لَمُتُّ وَلَم يَعلَم بِحُبِّكُمُ قَلبي

لَمُتُّ وَلَم يَعلَم بِحُبِّكُمُ قَلبي

And if anyone could conceal love from his own heart,

Even if someone concealed love in his heart

I would have died without my heart knowing of my love for you.

He would die, and my heart would not know your love

إِذا قيلَ تُقريكَ السَلامَ تَماسَكَت

إِذا قيلَ تُقريكَ السَلامَ تَماسَكَت

حُشاشَةُ قَلبي وَاِنجَلَت غَمرَةُ الكَربِ

حُشاشَةُ قَلبي وَاِنجَلَت غَمرَةُ الكَربِ

When it is said, 'She sends you greetings,' steadied is

When told to convey greetings to you, I recoil

the last spark of life in my heart, and the flood of anguish recedes.

My heart melts, and the darkness of sorrow clears