قَد أَلِفَ القَلبُ خِلافَ الَّذي

قَد أَلِفَ القَلبُ خِلافَ الَّذي

كرومَهُ مِن سَلوَةِ القَلبِ

كرومَهُ مِن سَلوَةِ القَلبِ

The heart has grown accustomed to the opposite of what

The heart has grown accustomed to the opposite of what

it hated—namely, the heart’s forgetfulness of love.

you seek—the heart’s solace [first word unclear; reading it as ترومه].

فَعُد إِلى إِسعادِهِ في الهَوى

فَعُد إِلى إِسعادِهِ في الهَوى

لَعَلَّهُ يَزهَدُ في الحُبِّ

لَعَلَّهُ يَزهَدُ في الحُبِّ

So return to gladdening it in passion—

So return to aiding it in passion;

perhaps it will renounce love.

perhaps it will lose its desire for love.