لَو كُنتَ تَعشَقُ دُرّاً ما سَأَلتُهُمُ

هَل عِندَكُم فَضلُ زُنّارٍ تُعيروني

Had you loved a pearl, I'd not have asked of them,

Had you been in love with Durra, I would not have asked them:

"Have you a girdle's end to lend?"

"Do you have a surplus sash that you might lend to me?"

وَلَستُ أَسأَلُ دُرّاً غَيرَ قُبلَتِها

فَإِنَّ فيها شِفاءً لَو تُواتيني

Nor would I ask for any pearl but her kiss -

And I ask of Durra nothing other than her kiss,

In it lies healing, if she would grant it me.

For in it lies a healing, if she would but favor me.

مَزَجتُ ديني بِدينِ الرومِ فَاِمتَزَجا

كَالماءِ يُمزَجُ بِالصِرفِ الرَساطونِ

I mixed my faith with the faith of the Rum, so they mingled

I mixed my faith with the faith of the Romans until they merged,

As water mingles with sweet basil drink.

Just as water is mixed with the pure, vintage wine.

فَلَستُ أَبغي بِها يا عاذِلي بَدَلاً

إِذ صارَ لي بِهِمُ دينانِ في دينِ

I seek not, my censurer, to replace her;

So I seek no substitute for her, O you who blame me,

For through them my faith has become two faiths in one.

Since I have gained, through them, two religions within one.