يا مَن حَلا حِينَ ذاقَهُ نَظَري

يا مَن حَلا حِينَ ذاقَهُ نَظَري

لَوْ لَمْ يَبِنْ مِنْهُ مُرُّ إِعْراضِ

لَوْ لَمْ يَبِنْ مِنْهُ مُرُّ إِعْراضِ

O you who were sweet when my gaze tasted you—

O you who turned sweet when my gaze tasted him

if only the bitterness of rejection had not emerged from you!

If the bitterness of his aversion had not appeared

إِنْ كانَ ذّنْبي حُبِّيكَ يا أَمَلي

إِنْ كانَ ذّنْبي حُبِّيكَ يا أَمَلي

فَاذنبْ كَذَنْبي فإِنَّني راضِ

فَاذنبْ كَذَنْبي فإِنَّني راضِ

If my sin is loving you, O my hope,

If my sin was my love for you, O my hope

Then commit a sin like mine, for indeed I am content.

Then sin like my sin, for I am pleased