تُرى عِندَهُم أَنَّ العَذابَ غَرامُ

تُرى عِندَهُم أَنَّ العَذابَ غَرامُ

كَما عِندَنا أَنَّ الفِراقَ حِمامُ

كَما عِندَنا أَنَّ الفِراقَ حِمامُ

Do they, I wonder, hold torment to be passion,

It seems to them that torment is passion

just as we hold parting to be death,

As it seems to us that parting is life

وَأَنَّ قُلوبَ العاشِقينَ بَخيلَةٌ

وَأَنَّ قُلوبَ العاشِقينَ بَخيلَةٌ

بِهِم لا عَلَيهِم وَالعُيونَ كِرامُ

بِهِم لا عَلَيهِم وَالعُيونَ كِرامُ

and lovers' hearts to be miserly

And that the hearts of lovers are stingy

with them, not toward them, while eyes are generous?

With them, not against them, and the eyes generous

مَضى لَم يُسَلِّم مُعرِضاً مُتَعَرِّضاً

مَضى لَم يُسَلِّم مُعرِضاً مُتَعَرِّضاً

وَلَيسَ عَلى داءِ القُلوبِ سَقامُ

وَلَيسَ عَلى داءِ القُلوبِ سَقامُ

He passed without a greeting, turning away yet seeking attention;

He left without saying goodbye, turning away

and no sickness surpasses the malady of hearts.

And there is no cure for the sickness of hearts

وَفي وَجهِهِ لَو لَم يُحَيِّ تَحِيَّةٌ

وَفي وَجهِهِ لَو لَم يُحَيِّ تَحِيَّةٌ

وَيَلقاهُ مِن دونِ السَلامِ سَلامُ

وَيَلقاهُ مِن دونِ السَلامِ سَلامُ

And in his face, even if he does not greet, there is a greeting,

And if his face did not greet with a greeting

and a greeting meets him without a spoken salutation.

And greet him without saying "Peace," there would be peace

وَبِتنا وَباتَت لِلخَلِيِّ وَساوِسٌ

وَبِتنا وَباتَت لِلخَلِيِّ وَساوِسٌ

وَحَقَّ وَقَد جارَ العِناقُ خِصامُ

وَحَقَّ وَقَد جارَ العِناقُ خِصامُ

And we spent the night, and misgivings spent it with the carefree;

And we spent the night while the imagination of the friend had

and a quarrel was justified, for the embrace had acted unjustly.

Doubts and it is true that embrace has become dispute