1. إليه قلبي يمَّما

    نحوَ الهوى وسلَّما

    My heart turned toward him,

    Toward love, and surrendered.

  2. منهُ لهُ هذا الهوى

    أدعولهُ أن يسلَمَا

    This love is from him, for him.

    I pray for him to be safe.

  3. يحنو عليّ قلبُهُ

    كلُّ الأماني حبُهُ

    His heart is tender toward me.

    His love is all I wish for.

  4. أحبهُ أحبهُ

    فيه الهوى تكلَّمَا

    I love him, I love him.

    In him, love spoke.

  5. لحسنه صلَّى المدى

    أولى به أن يُعبَدَا

    The expanse prayed to his beauty.

    It is more fitting that he be worshipped.

  6. عنهُ أنا لنْ أَبْعُدَا

    أصبحتُ فيه مُغرَمَا

    I will not go far from him.

    I have become enamored of him.

  7. قالوا هواهُ يَسحرُ

    وثغرهُ كمْ يُسكرُ

    They said his love enchants.

    And his mouth—how it intoxicates!

  8. عنْ وصله لا أصبرُ

    وإنْ بدا مُحرَّمَا

    I cannot bear to forgo union with him,

    Even if it seems forbidden.