وَرُبَّ حَبيبٍ لي عَدوٍّ عليَّ لا

وَرُبَّ حَبيبٍ لي عَدوٍّ عليَّ لا

ازال لَهُ حلواً وما زالَ لي مُرّا

ازال لَهُ حلواً وما زالَ لي مُرّا

And many a beloved of mine is an enemy to me; I never

And many a beloved to me is an enemy

cease to be sweet to him, while he remains bitter to me.

Whose sweetness endures, while his bitterness for me unceasingly flows

أَراهُ حَبيباً لي اذا الضرَّ رمتُهُ

أَراهُ حَبيباً لي اذا الضرَّ رمتُهُ

لَهُ وعدوّا لي اذا رام لي ضرّا

لَهُ وعدوّا لي اذا رام لي ضرّا

I see him as a beloved of mine when I seek harm

I see him as a beloved when harm strikes me

for him, and as my enemy when he seeks harm for me.

As an enemy when he plots my woes