جرى في لساني ذكرها فتخبلت

جرى في لساني ذكرها فتخبلت

لديّ وقالت قد أبحت أخا الحب

لديّ وقالت قد أبحت أخا الحب

Her name ran over my tongue, and I lost my wits.

The mention of her crossed my tongue, and she grew bewildered

And she said to me, “You have exposed love’s devotee.”

before me and said, ‘You have divulged it, O brother of love.’

فقلت لها ما كان ذاك إباحةً

فقلت لها ما كان ذاك إباحةً

ولكن لساني قد أسرّ إلى قلبي

ولكن لساني قد أسرّ إلى قلبي

I told her, “That was no disclosure;

I said to her, ‘That was no disclosure;

my tongue had merely confided in my heart.”

rather, my tongue has whispered to my heart.’