أَهلُ الهوى ليَ في طُرقِ الهوى تَبَعُ

أَهلُ الهوى ليَ في طُرقِ الهوى تَبَعُ

يَنحطُّ في الحبِّ أقوامٌ وأرتفعُ

يَنحطُّ في الحبِّ أقوامٌ وأرتفعُ

Lovers follow me on the paths of love.

Those who love travel the paths of love like me,

Some people sink in love, while I rise.

Some sink low in love, while I rise above,

لئن جزعتُ فلا بِدعٌ ولا عجبٌ

لئن جزعتُ فلا بِدعٌ ولا عجبٌ

شجاعةُ العاشق المستهتَرِ الجزعُ

شجاعةُ العاشق المستهتَرِ الجزعُ

If I grow distraught, it is neither strange nor surprising;

If I despair, it's no innovation or wonder,

The besotted lover's courage is anguish.

For a reckless lover, despair is but valor,

روحي الفداءُ لمن عاديتُ مُضطجَعي

روحي الفداءُ لمن عاديتُ مُضطجَعي

فيه فما لي طوالَ الدَّهرِ مُضطجَع

فيه فما لي طوالَ الدَّهرِ مُضطجَع

My soul be a ransom for him; I have made an enemy of my bed

My soul is ransom for whom I opposed reclining,

for his sake; thus I have no bed for all my days.

For in him, I have no reclining forevermore,

مذ قال في الجمعةِ الميعادُ قلت له

مذ قال في الجمعةِ الميعادُ قلت له

يا ليت أيامَ عمري كلَّها جُمَع

يا ليت أيامَ عمري كلَّها جُمَع

When he said, "The meeting is on Friday," I said to him:

Since he said "Friday" was the appointed time, I told him

Oh, would that all the days of my life were Fridays!

"Would that the days of my life were Fridays, all"