أَجعَلُ الحُبَّ بَينَ حِبيّ وَبَيني

أَجعَلُ الحُبَّ بَينَ حِبيّ وَبَيني

قاضِياً إِنَّني بِهِ اليَومَ راضِ

قاضِياً إِنَّني بِهِ اليَومَ راضِ

I appoint Love between my beloved and me

I make love the judge between my love and me

as judge; today I am content with him.

Today I am content with its rule

فَاِجتَمَعنا فَقُلتُ يا حُبَّ نَفسي

فَاِجتَمَعنا فَقُلتُ يا حُبَّ نَفسي

إِنَّ عَيني قَليلَةُ الإِغتِماضِ

إِنَّ عَيني قَليلَةُ الإِغتِماضِ

So we met, and I said, “O Love of my soul,

We gathered and I said, "O love of my soul

my eye indeed seldom closes.

My eyes are little accustomed to sleep"

أَنتَ عَذَّبتَني وَأَنحَلتَ جِسمي

أَنتَ عَذَّبتَني وَأَنحَلتَ جِسمي

فَاِرحَمِ اليَومَ دائِمَ الأَمراضِ

فَاِرحَمِ اليَومَ دائِمَ الأَمراضِ

You have tormented me and made my body waste away;

You have tormented me and melted my body

so today have mercy on one perpetually ill.”

So have mercy today, ever sick

قالَ لي لا يَحِلُّ حُكمي عَلَيها

قالَ لي لا يَحِلُّ حُكمي عَلَيها

أَنتَ أَولى بِالسُقمِ وَالإِحراضِ

أَنتَ أَولى بِالسُقمِ وَالإِحراضِ

He said to me, “I may not pass judgment against her;

It said to me, "My rule over her is not valid

you are more deserving of sickness and wasting away.”

You are more deserving of sickness and insomnia"

قُلتُ لَمّا أَجابَني بِهَواها

قُلتُ لَمّا أَجابَني بِهَواها

شَمَلَ الجَورُ في الهَوى كُلَّ قاضِ

شَمَلَ الجَورُ في الهَوى كُلَّ قاضِ

I said, when he answered me in her favor:

When it answered me according to its passion

“In love, injustice has encompassed every judge.”

Injustice in love encompasses every judge