اول الحب في القلوب شراره

اول الحب في القلوب شراره

تختفي تارة وتظهر تاره

تختفي تارة وتظهر تاره

Love begins in hearts as a spark,

Love begins in hearts as a spark.

hiding at one time and appearing at another.

It vanishes at times and appears at others.

ثم يرقى حتى يكون سراجاً

ثم يرقى حتى يكون سراجاً

لذويه فيه هدى واناره

لذويه فيه هدى واناره

Then it rises until it becomes a lamp,

Then it grows until it becomes a lamp.

for those who harbor it, a source of guidance and light.

In it are guidance and light for those who bear it.

ثم يرقى حتى يكون مع ال

ثم يرقى حتى يكون مع ال

أيام ناراً حمراء ذات حراره

أيام ناراً حمراء ذات حراره

Then it rises until, as the

Then it grows until it becomes, as the

days pass, it becomes a red fire full of heat.

days pass, a red fire, full of heat.

ثم يرقى حتى يكون اتونا

ثم يرقى حتى يكون اتونا

بحراراته تذوب الحجاره

بحراراته تذوب الحجاره

Then it rises until it becomes a furnace;

Then it grows until it becomes a furnace.

by its heat, stones melt.

In its heat, the stones melt.

ثم يرقى حتى يكون حريقاً

ثم يرقى حتى يكون حريقاً

فيه هلك لاهله وخساره

فيه هلك لاهله وخساره

Then it rises until it becomes a conflagration,

Then it grows until it becomes a conflagration.

where ruin and loss befall its own.

In it lie ruin and loss for its people.

ثم يرقى حتى يمثل بركا

ثم يرقى حتى يمثل بركا

ناً يرى الناس من بعيد ناره

ناً يرى الناس من بعيد ناره

Then it rises until it takes the form of a volca—

Then it grows until it takes the form of a volcano,

—no, whose fire people see from afar.

whose fire people see from afar.

ثم يرقى حتى يكون جحيما

ثم يرقى حتى يكون جحيما

عن تفاصيلها تضيق العباره

عن تفاصيلها تضيق العباره

Then it rises until it becomes an inferno,

Then it grows until it becomes hell.

whose details lie beyond the compass of words.

Words fall short of describing its details.