ذلabasement الهوىlove أوفقbetter suited منthan عزهits glory
ذل الهوى أوفق من عزه
لمحنتيto my suffering فيهin it وتشويشيand my turmoil
لمحنتي فيه وتشويشي
Love’s abasement is better suited than its glory
To my suffering in it and my turmoil.
لوif لمnot تصرbecome نفسيmy soul ترابيةlike dust
لو لم تصر نفسي ترابية
ماnot اتصلتit became linked منهthrough it لدرويشto a dervish
ما اتصلت منه لدرويش
Had my soul not become like dust,
It would not, through love, have become linked to a dervish.
Sol 6.1