أبصره عاذلي عليه

ولم يَكُن قَبلهُما رآهُ

My friend saw me bewitched by love

Though never before had he seen me so

فقال لي لو هَوَيتَ هذا

ما لامَكَ النَّاسُ في هواه

He said, “If you fell for him

No one would blame you for doing so”

فَظلَّ من حيثُ ليس يَدري

يَأمرُ بالُحبِّ مَن نَهَاه

So he remained where he could not know

Commanding me to love the one who forbade me to