إذا تعذَّرَ حبي

إذا تعذَّرَ حبي

فخلِّهِ يتعذرُ

فخلِّهِ يتعذرُ

If my beloved proves unattainable,

If my beloved grows a beard,

then let him remain unattainable;

then let him grow one;

فجيدُهُ أصلُ ما بي

فجيدُهُ أصلُ ما بي

والجيدُ لا يتغيرُ

والجيدُ لا يتغيرُ

for his neck is the source of all that ails me,

for his neck is the source of what ails me,

and that neck never changes.

and the neck does not change.