قد كتبَ اللهُ على خدِّه

قد كتبَ اللهُ على خدِّه

بالمسكِ سطراً دَقّ معناهُ

بالمسكِ سطراً دَقّ معناهُ

God has indeed written on his cheek

God wrote upon his cheek

with musk, a line whose meaning is subtle.

With musk, a line whose meaning is subtle

فقلْتُ لِلعُشاق لمّا بدا

فقلْتُ لِلعُشاق لمّا بدا

صبراً على ما كتبَ اللَّهُ

صبراً على ما كتبَ اللَّهُ

So I said to the lovers, when it appeared:

So I said to the lovers when it appeared

“Be patient with what God has written.”

Patience for what God has ordained