الْحُبُّ حَرَّكُهُمْ لِكُلِّ جِدَالِ

الْحُبُّ حَرَّكُهُمْ لِكُلِّ جِدَالِ

وَالْحُبُّ أَقْحَمَهُمْ عَلَى الأَهْوَالِ

وَالْحُبُّ أَقْحَمَهُمْ عَلَى الأَهْوَالِ

Love stirred them to every dispute,

Love stirred them to every dispute,

and love drove them headlong against the terrors.

and love plunged them into terrors.

وَالْحًبُّ قَاطَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَضَلَّهُمْ

وَالْحًبُّ قَاطَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَضَلَّهُمْ

عَنْ نَيْلِ مَا رَامُوهُ كُلَّ ضَلاَلِ

عَنْ نَيْلِ مَا رَامُوهُ كُلَّ ضَلاَلِ

Love severed the bonds between them and led them astray

And love severed their ties and led them astray,

from attaining what they sought—utterly astray.

utterly away from attaining what they sought.

وَالْحُبُّ أَنْشَأَ فِيهِمُ عَصَبِيَّةً

وَالْحُبُّ أَنْشَأَ فِيهِمُ عَصَبِيَّةً

بِالقِيلِ أَضْرَمَ نَارَهَا وَالْقَالِ

بِالقِيلِ أَضْرَمَ نَارَهَا وَالْقَالِ

Love bred partisan solidarity among them;

And love bred partisanship within them;

with hearsay and gossip, it set its fire ablaze.

with gossip and idle talk, it kindled its fire.