لا كانَ عِشقٌ لا يُصَكُّ لِعاشِقٍ

لا كانَ عِشقٌ لا يُصَكُّ لِعاشِقٍ

بِالنَعلِ فيهِ هامَةٌ وَأَخادِعُ

بِالنَعلِ فيهِ هامَةٌ وَأَخادِعُ

May there be no love in which a lover is not struck

Love was not forged for a lover

With a sandal on his head and the sides of his neck.

Whose shoes contained pretense and deception

لا تَحسبَن يا مُرُّ أَنَّكَ أَوَّلٌ

لا تَحسبَن يا مُرُّ أَنَّكَ أَوَّلٌ

في صَفعِهِ ما أَنتَ إلّا رابِعُ

في صَفعِهِ ما أَنتَ إلّا رابِعُ

Do not think, O Murr, that you are first

Do not think, passerby, that you are the first

In slapping him—you are only the fourth.

To be struck by it - you are but the fourth