1. نَحنُ كَضَربَتَينِ في مَعرَكَةٍ

    أَدَّرِعُ الصَبرَ عِندَ لُقياها

    We are like two blows in a battle.

    I don patience as armor when I meet her.

  2. وَهِيَ بِجُندِ الهَوى تُبارِزُني

    وَأَيُّ صَبرٍ يُطيقُ هَيجاها

    While she duels with me, backed by love's army.

    And what patience could withstand her onslaught?

  3. إِن جَبُنَت في القِتالِ أَنجَدَها

    أَو ضَعُفَت في النِزالِ قَوّاها

    If she loses courage in battle, love comes to her aid;

    Or weakens in combat, it strengthens her.

  4. أَصرَعُها تارَةً وَتَصرَعُني

    لَكِن لَها السَبقُ حينَ أَلقاها

    At times I throw her down, and she throws me down;

    But she has the advantage when I meet her.

  5. أُحِبُّها وَهِيَ لي مُعانِدَةٌ

    كَأَنَّني لَستُ مِن أَحِبّاها

    I love her, though she defies me,

    As though I were not among those dear to her.

  6. عَدُوَّةٌ لا أَكادُ أُبغِضُها

    يا لَيتَني أَستَطيعُ أَنساها

    An enemy I can scarcely hate—

    Oh, if only I could forget her!

  7. سابِحَةٌ في بِحارِ فِتنَتِها

    رافِلَةٌ في ذُيولِ ظَلماها

    Swimming in the seas of her allure,

    Strutting in the trailing skirts of her darkness.

  8. أُحِبُّها تَأبى مُوافَقَتي

    خاسِرَةً دينَها وَدُنياها

    I love her; she refuses to agree with me,

    Losing her faith and her worldly life.

  9. يا رَبِّ عَجِّل لَها بِتَوبَتِها

    وَاِغسِل بِماءِ التُقى خَطاياها

    O my Lord, hasten her repentance for her,

    And wash away her sins with the water of piety.

  10. إِن تَكُ يا سَيِّدي مُعَذِّبَها

    مَن ذا الَّذي يُرتَجى لِرُحماها

    If You, my Master, are to punish her,

    Who could be looked to for mercy upon her?

  11. فَاِلطُف بِها وَاِغتَفِر لَها كَرَماً

    إِنَّكَ خَلّاقُها وَمَولاها

    So be gentle with her, and forgive her out of generosity;

    For You are her Creator and her Lord.