كل ما أقفيت . . ناداني تعال

كل ما أقفيت . . ناداني تعال

وكل ما أقبلت عزّم بالرحيل

وكل ما أقبلت عزّم بالرحيل

Whenever I turned away, he called to me, “Come.”

Wherever I turned, it called me, "Come!"

And whenever I approached, he resolved to leave.

And whenever I went forward, it was determined to depart.

وكل ما أجنبت واعدني شمال

وكل ما أجنبت واعدني شمال

يا أهل الحب ضيعت الدليل

يا أهل الحب ضيعت الدليل

And whenever I headed south, he arranged to meet me in the north.

And everything I gained promised me loss.

O lovers, I have lost my guide.

O people of love, I have lost my way!

الحقيقة غدت مثل الخيال

الحقيقة غدت مثل الخيال

هو عدوّي . . وهو أغلى خليل

هو عدوّي . . وهو أغلى خليل

Reality has become like fantasy.

Reality has become like a dream.

He is my enemy, and he is my dearest friend.

He is my enemy...and my dearest friend.

شفت أنا الظلم من بعض الدلال

شفت أنا الظلم من بعض الدلال

يجرح القلب لو كانه جميل

يجرح القلب لو كانه جميل

I have seen cruelty in certain kinds of coyness.

I have seen injustice from some guides

It wounds the heart, even if it is beautiful.

That wounds the heart, even if it is beautiful.

أشهد إن الهوى ما به عدال

أشهد إن الهوى ما به عدال

هو خلي . . وأنا قلبي عليل

هو خلي . . وأنا قلبي عليل

I bear witness: there is no fairness in love.

I bear witness that love has no justice.

He is my beloved, and my heart is ailing.

He is a friend...and my heart is sick.

وكل ما قلت له يا ابن الحلال

وكل ما قلت له يا ابن الحلال

المحبة عطا . . وانت بخيل

المحبة عطا . . وانت بخيل

And whenever I said to him, “Good man,

And everything I said to him, "O son of virtue!"

Love is giving, and you are miserly,”

Love is a gift...and you are stingy.

التفت لي وهو عجل وقال

التفت لي وهو عجل وقال

لذة الحب في الشي القليل

لذة الحب في الشي القليل

He turned to me in haste and said,

He turned to me, hasty, and said,

“Love’s delight lies in what little there is.”

"The pleasure of love is in little things."