بادَرتُ مِنهُ مَوعِداً حاضِراً

بادَرتُ مِنهُ مَوعِداً حاضِراً

وَكانَ ذا عِندي مِنَ الداءِ

وَكانَ ذا عِندي مِنَ الداءِ

I hastened to an immediate rendezvous with him.

I hastened to him for a present meeting

And this, to me, was part of the affliction.

And he was to me a sickness

فَلَم أَنَل مِنهُ سِوى قُبلَةٍ

فَلَم أَنَل مِنهُ سِوى قُبلَةٍ

وَأَرجَفَ الناسُ بِأَشياءِ

وَأَرجَفَ الناسُ بِأَشياءِ

So I obtained from him nothing but a kiss.

So I obtained naught from him save a kiss

And people spread rumors about various things.

Yet people tattled of things