1. العاشِقانِ كِلاهُما مُتَغَضِّبُ

    وَكِلاهُما مُتَشَوِّقٌ مُتَطَرِّبُ

    The two lovers are both angry.

    And both are yearning, stirred with passion.

  2. صَدَّت مُراغِمَةً وَصَدَّ مُراغِماً

    وَكِلاهُما مِمّا يُعالِجُ مُتعَبُ

    She turned away in defiance, and he turned away in defiance.

    And both are exhausted by what they endure.

  3. راجِع أَحَبَّتُكَ الَّذينَ هَجَرتَهُم

    إِنَّ المُتَيَّمَ قَلَّ ما يَتَجَنَّبُ

    Return to your loved ones whom you have forsaken.

    Indeed, one enslaved by love seldom keeps away.

  4. إِنَّ التَجنُّبَ إِن تَمَكَّنَ مِنكُما

    دَبَّ السُلُوُّ لَهُ فَعَزَّ المَطلَبُ

    Indeed, if estrangement takes hold of you both,

    Forgetfulness creeps in because of it, and what you seek grows hard to attain.