غَيري يُغَيِّرُهُ عَنِ العَهدِ القَلى

غَيري يُغَيِّرُهُ عَنِ العَهدِ القَلى

وَيَسوءُهُ مِمَّن تَهاواهُ الأَذى

وَيَسوءُهُ مِمَّن تَهاواهُ الأَذى

Aversion turns another from his pledge,

Another changes him from the ancient pact

and hurt from the one he loves grieves him.

And harms him, though harm to him was forbidden

وَأَنا الَّذي في الحُبِّ أُمسي بِالشَقا

وَأَنا الَّذي في الحُبِّ أُمسي بِالشَقا

مُتَنَعِّماً وَبِنارِهِ مُتَلَذِّذا

مُتَنَعِّماً وَبِنارِهِ مُتَلَذِّذا

Yet I am he who, in love, passes the evening in misery,

While I who in love am made most hapless

reveling in it and delighting in love's fire.

Delight in it, made joyous by its fire

أَطوي الجَوانِحَ في هَوايَ عَلى الأَذى

أَطوي الجَوانِحَ في هَوايَ عَلى الأَذى

وَأَغُضُّ أَجفاني عَلى جَمرِ القَذى

وَأَغُضُّ أَجفاني عَلى جَمرِ القَذى

In my love, I fold my ribs around hurt,

I fold my wings through love though harm await

and lower my eyelids over the embers of grit.

And close my eyes to burning embers' sparks

وَأَعيذُ نَفسي بِالهَوى مِن أَن أُرى

وَأَعيذُ نَفسي بِالهَوى مِن أَن أُرى

مِن جَورِ حُكّامِ الهَوى مُتَعَوِّذا

مِن جَورِ حُكّامِ الهَوى مُتَعَوِّذا

And I seek love's protection for myself, lest I be seen

And by love guard myself lest I should see

seeking refuge from the tyranny of love's rulers.

From tyrants of love's rule myself guarding